as in mountain
a type of hill with a flat top and steep sides that is found in the southwestern U.S.
The otherworldly sandstone buttes of Monument Valley, Arizona are well worth a visit.
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Recent Examples of butte
While its beauty is unassuming — and far less dramatic than the craggy peaks in the distance — the butte provides a constant, comforting presence that can be felt and seen throughout Jackson.
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Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 13 Aug. 2024
Most of the land in the buttes is held by a small number of legacy families who primarily use the fields for grazing cattle and sheep.
—Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 31 May 2024
Whether hidden on steep mountain slopes or isolated atop buttes in the desert, these steep villages offer breathtaking panoramas.
—Noelann Bourgade, Architectural Digest, 3 Aug. 2024
Papago Park is beautiful, with massive sandstone buttes scattered throughout its landscape.
—Katie Seemann, Travel + Leisure, 27 July 2024
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Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 13 Aug. 2024
Most of the land in the buttes is held by a small number of legacy families who primarily use the fields for grazing cattle and sheep.
—Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 31 May 2024
Whether hidden on steep mountain slopes or isolated atop buttes in the desert, these steep villages offer breathtaking panoramas.
—Noelann Bourgade, Architectural Digest, 3 Aug. 2024
Papago Park is beautiful, with massive sandstone buttes scattered throughout its landscape.
—Katie Seemann, Travel + Leisure, 27 July 2024
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Great shows are all over From pop superstar Sabrina Carpenter to a mountain of an opera (literally) to a festival devoted to Leonard Cohen, there are a ton of great shows to catch in the Bay Area this weekend.Randy McMullen, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
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The bigger issue is Johnson, who once upon a time was such a promising leading actor, a mountain of a man capable of embodying unexpected vulnerability.Alison Willmore, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2024
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Snow blankets the dramatic cliffs, some mountain passes are closed, and ferry services are limited.David Nikel, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
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The one at Land’s End is perhaps most famous, near the mist and crying seabirds of the Golden Gate (just don’t approach the cliffs).Randy McMullen, The Mercury News, 1 Nov. 2024
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The area with the greatest foot traffic includes roughly 7,000 square miles that encompasses beaches, mesas, an inland mountain range, canyons and high desert.Bethany Blankley | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 26 Oct. 2024
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In one of many hidden rooms inside the labyrinth of Life and Trust, the floor turned into the soft earth of a corral, the walls were painted with a view of red-rock mesas, and a performer in a cowboy getup was circling another man who happened to be wearing a horse mask.Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 1 Aug. 2024
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Now, archaeologists for the first time have mapped these intriguing highland strongholds in the country’s southeast — once a key crossroad of ancient silk trade routes — that were inexplicably abandoned.Katie Hunt, CNN, 23 Oct. 2024
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These western–North Carolina highlands, largely protected from extensive mining extraction, would protect me and the others who call them home.Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle, The Atlantic, 1 Oct. 2024
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San Ysidro Ranch, Santa Barbara, California Tucked away in the Montecito foothills of Santa Barbara, San Ysidro Ranch is the perfect holiday retreat for those seeking luxury and peace with rustic charm.Roger Sands, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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Nestled in the foothills of the Himalayas, Dharamshala is best known internationally as the seat of the Dalai Lama, who has been based there since being exiled from Tibet in 1959.Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 4 Nov. 2024
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Crochet was one of 11 hurlers to surpass the 200-strikeout plateau, whiffing 209 hitters in 146 innings.David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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Since then it’s been an emotional roller coaster for Democrats, who saw Harris surge only to plateau in the final month of the campaign.Amie Parnes, The Hill, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Butte.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/butte. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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