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
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.
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Jackie Burrell, The Mercury News, 3 Feb. 2025
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
The towering features are similar to the buttes and mesas of Monument Valley along the Arizona-Utah border.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 26 Jan. 2025
Rather than focusing on the plateau itself, the work focuses on the neighboring lowlands, which include a large region dotted with thousands of buttes and mesas that rise roughly a kilometer above the surrounding plains.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 20 Jan. 2025
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Jackie Burrell, The Mercury News, 3 Feb. 2025
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
The towering features are similar to the buttes and mesas of Monument Valley along the Arizona-Utah border.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 26 Jan. 2025
Rather than focusing on the plateau itself, the work focuses on the neighboring lowlands, which include a large region dotted with thousands of buttes and mesas that rise roughly a kilometer above the surrounding plains.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 20 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for butte
Noun
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Dense banks of sponges cling to the summits and slopes of underwater mountains.—
Christian Elliott,
Smithsonian Magazine,
21 Apr. 2025
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John Shine described to me a research trip to the hostile mountain environs of Tasmania, where snakes stay under cover except for the 20 or 30 warm days each year.—
Stephen S. Hall,
Time,
21 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Instead, while City have not merely dipped but fallen off a cliff, Arsenal are set to finish a distant second to a team in Liverpool who have signed just one player all season — Federico Chiesa, who has barely played.—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
21 Apr. 2025
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There’s a shot of Elizabeth standing on a cliff, staring into a vast expanse as Marianelli’s score swells.—
Abigail Lee,
Variety,
18 Apr. 2025
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North Table Mountain Ecological Reserve Peak season: Mid-March to late April/May North Table Mountain Ecological Reserve encompasses a wide-open, 3,200-acre mesa near Oroville.—
Deb Hopewell,
AFAR Media,
24 Mar. 2025
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The two were close, living in the family’s home in a historic tribal village surrounded by high desert and mesas.—
Mary Hudetz,
ProPublica,
27 Dec. 2022
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Crafted in the highlands of Jalisco by Maestra Tequilera Ana María Romero, one of Mexico’s most trusted, respected and awarded tequila authorities, produces a line of premium tequilas that includes blanco, reposado, añejo and cristalino.—
Claudia Alarcón,
Forbes.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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Drama centers on a bored tuk-tuk driver who leaves his family in the highlands to work in the city.—
Anna Marie de la Fuente,
Variety,
7 Apr. 2025
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As the Eaton fire roared in the foothills of the Angeles National Forest the night of Jan. 7, Tissot fled with his two kids, along with the rest of east Altadena.—
Noah Haggerty,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Apr. 2025
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On a Friday seven months into the state of exception, half a dozen police officers showed up at the home of a single mother in Santa Tecla, in the foothills of the San Salvador volcano.—
Gisela Salim-Peyer,
The Atlantic,
10 Apr. 2025
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In eight of his 12 games, Johnson eclipsed the 100-yard plateau, including a 206-yard outburst against Minnesota.—
Mike DeFabo,
New York Times,
26 Apr. 2025
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The left image features the expansive Tharsis plateau and its chain of dormant volcanoes, including the colossal Olympus Mons, which can be seen towering above the Martian clouds.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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“Butte.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/butte. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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