Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cuesta
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Another legend suggests the name came from two local buttes resembling piles of horse manure — the actual meaning of the word.—
Marley Malenfant,
Austin American Statesman,
7 May 2025 -
Image The forest stretches as far as the eye can see, over multiple buttes that rise dome-like out of the ground.—
Michael Hanson,
New York Times,
1 May 2025
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The hike comes with a rewarding payoff: The view of waters rushing off a cliff into a turquoise pool, a setting that's the crown jewel of the Havasupai Indian Reservation.—
Michael Salerno,
AZCentral.com,
25 July 2025
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Magic wrote alongside a photo of the happy group, posed on the deck, in front of a dramatic backdrop of seaside cliffs.—
Hannah Sacks,
People.com,
24 July 2025
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These geomorphic formations of rugged slopes are known locally as ‘hogbacks’ and present a particularly harsh environment in which to try and perfect agricultural techniques.—
Paul Caputo,
Forbes,
30 Nov. 2024
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The power lines that are perched on the property, its water scarcity, and the fact that Thunder Valley is surrounded on the hogback by trails and open space means it likely won’t be overrun by a housing development anytime soon.—
Kyle Newman,
The Denver Post,
8 June 2024
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The swollen river overwhelmed Camp Mystic, where counselors and campers awoke in the dark and tried to dash through rising water, some clinging to trees or scrambling up rocky escarpments.—
Jon Schuppe,
NBC news,
9 July 2025
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With that enormous amount of moisture serving as fuel, the winds hitting the escarpment in West Texas served as a kind of match that started the storms.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
6 July 2025
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The countries could simply call Trump’s bluff, Seigle argued, knowing that a severe trade disruption would hurt the US as much as their own economies.—
Tim McDonnell,
semafor.com,
24 July 2025
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The floods of 1998 and 2002 had delivered water over the first couple of steps up from the bluff.—
Matthew Odam,
Austin American Statesman,
15 July 2025
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That is a clear fingerprint of an earthquake, one that, according to the rounding and wear and sloping of the scarp, occurred about 2.6 million years ago.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
29 July 2025
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One of the most perplexing hints of hydration are a handful of slope streaks: narrow, long and sometimes bright but usually dark features that are commonly located near the tops of crater walls and scarps.—
Phil Plait,
Scientific American,
10 July 2025
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The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Will Gain More Power Iran’s clerical army is already a key power center, but the recent conflict has left it on the precipice of becoming the dominant political force in the country.—
Ilan Berman,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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On the precipice of artificial intelligence (AI) robotics, the company executed a 1-for-8 reverse split intended to streamline internal structures for future growth.—
Matt Emma,
USA Today,
4 July 2025
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From a gnarly lie in the rough, his third shot from 116 yards found the barranca in front of the green.—
Steve Gardner,
USA TODAY,
16 June 2023
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Clark held his nerve to the end and was right there with him, even after a rare errant shot into the barranca on the 17th.—
Doug Ferguson,
Chicago Tribune,
17 June 2023
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“Cuesta.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cuesta. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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