variants
or less commonly cañon
1
: a deep narrow valley with steep sides and often with a stream flowing through it
2
: something resembling a canyon
the city's concrete canyons
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as the scouts made their way through the canyon, they marveled at the sheer walls of rock on both sides
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In Pacific Palisades, already less isolated after the extension of Sunset Boulevard and the 1937 opening of Pacific Coast Highway, single-family homes ventured farther up the canyons.
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Jenny Jarvie, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2025
The mudslide sloshed into the canyon early Jan. 27, forcing the closure of SR-27.
—Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 8 Feb. 2025
The canyon’s famed Navajo Sandstone formations are traversed by several dozen climbing routes.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 7 Feb. 2025
The spacecraft data also helped the researchers determine the distances along each canyon from the point of impact.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 5 Feb. 2025
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Jenny Jarvie, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2025
The mudslide sloshed into the canyon early Jan. 27, forcing the closure of SR-27.
—Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 8 Feb. 2025
The canyon’s famed Navajo Sandstone formations are traversed by several dozen climbing routes.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 7 Feb. 2025
The spacecraft data also helped the researchers determine the distances along each canyon from the point of impact.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 5 Feb. 2025
See all Example Sentences for canyon
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“Canyon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/canyon. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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