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Recent Examples of puna
Deep wells or puna are cleaned of dirt and debris so the sea water that enters them through underground channels is clean and conducive to salt making.
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Deepa Bharath, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Jan. 2024
Reviving the amunas could be complemented by projects to restore the puna, the high-altitude tundra ecosystem that, when healthy, holds water like a sponge.
—Simeon Tegel, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Dec. 2022
Deepa Bharath, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Jan. 2024
Reviving the amunas could be complemented by projects to restore the puna, the high-altitude tundra ecosystem that, when healthy, holds water like a sponge.
—Simeon Tegel, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Dec. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for puna
Noun
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The resort combines sleek Nordic design with proximity to geothermal trails, an ideal base for exploring Iceland’s highlands.—
Becca Blond,
AFAR Media,
5 Feb. 2025
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He’s spent 12 years in Worthington, but learned marimba music by ear from his grandfather in Guatemala’s volcanic highlands.—
Giovanna Dell'orto,
Twin Cities,
20 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Instructors will focus on coastal, estuarine, and uplands habitats; coastal plants; and marine invertebrates, birds, mammals, reptiles, and fish.—
Joe Rassel,
Orlando Sentinel,
26 Feb. 2025
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The lake came into existence ten thousand years ago when a long upland of ice withdrew.—
Joseph O’Neill,
The New Yorker,
23 Feb. 2025
Noun
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With 22 national parks and monuments to its name, Arizona boasts some of the most astonishing landscapes in the country, from the Grand Canyon to the towering buttes of Monument Valley and the undulating rock formations of the Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness.—
Jackie Burrell,
The Mercury News,
3 Feb. 2025
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And that erosion took place across a pretty significant distance, as the buttes extend hundreds of kilometers away from the present highlands.—
John Timmer,
Ars Technica,
20 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The balustrade at the far end affords one of the great panoramas of the Eternal City, with the dome of St. Peter’s etched on the horizon.—
The New York Times,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 Mar. 2025
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Use the dome light and flashers to make your vehicle more noticeable.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacramento Bee,
2 Mar. 2025
Noun
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In the Chilean altiplano above 12,000 feet, Meiburg spends one of the coldest nights of his life in a sleeping bag on the edge of a salt lagoon, staking out mountain caracaras known for working in groups to flip over heavy flat stones in search of edible creatures.—
Paul Kvinta,
Outside Online,
2 Apr. 2021
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The landscape changed around me; condensing from plains, desert, and mountains into the jungles of Central America, then unfolding in reverse, into the expanse of the altiplano.—
J.R. Patterson,
Condé Nast Traveler,
1 Feb. 2022
Cite this Entry
“Puna.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/puna. Accessed 5 Mar. 2025.
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