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Recent Examples of dell
Watson Lake: Enjoy kayaking or paddleboarding, or simply relax and take in the beautiful scenery around this stunning lake surrounded by ancient granite dells.
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Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 July 2025
The boys both love hotels and taking family trips to the dells or the bay beach.
—Wendy Grossman Kantor, People.com, 23 Apr. 2025
Fractured and rounded by years of geological upheavals and exposure to the sculpting effects of weather, the dells are a cluster of nooks, crannies and blind curves interrupted by the course of Boulder Creek.
—Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 7 Mar. 2024
To stay warm, avoid sleeping in any dips, dells, or washes, as cold air will sink and settle into them (and onto you).
—Diana Helmuth, Outdoor Life, 29 Nov. 2023
Perhaps an out-of-place twinkle from deep in the rustle of some bushes, or a delicate rainbow in the light of the local dell.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 25 Aug. 2022
Hi-ho-a-dario a spoiler in the dell!
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 12 July 2022
The dell flourished for years until a big storm in 1995 toppled the trees.
—Carl Nolte, SFChronicle.com, 24 Oct. 2020
Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 July 2025
The boys both love hotels and taking family trips to the dells or the bay beach.
—Wendy Grossman Kantor, People.com, 23 Apr. 2025
Fractured and rounded by years of geological upheavals and exposure to the sculpting effects of weather, the dells are a cluster of nooks, crannies and blind curves interrupted by the course of Boulder Creek.
—Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 7 Mar. 2024
To stay warm, avoid sleeping in any dips, dells, or washes, as cold air will sink and settle into them (and onto you).
—Diana Helmuth, Outdoor Life, 29 Nov. 2023
Perhaps an out-of-place twinkle from deep in the rustle of some bushes, or a delicate rainbow in the light of the local dell.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 25 Aug. 2022
Hi-ho-a-dario a spoiler in the dell!
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 12 July 2022
The dell flourished for years until a big storm in 1995 toppled the trees.
—Carl Nolte, SFChronicle.com, 24 Oct. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dell
Noun
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Her outfit stayed inside Browne’s gray suit vocabulary, layering a glen-check blazer with strong shoulders layered over a matching waist panel and pleated detail at the hip, finished with the brand’s red-white-blue grosgrain tab at the hem.—
Maggie Clancy,
Footwear News,
7 Feb. 2026
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This is also what allows what’s outside its doorstep to take precedence: the soul-stirring glens, spirit-rejuvenating streams, and craggy peaks of Cairngorms National Park.—
Arati Menon,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 Jan. 2026
Noun
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If no alternative exists, set up camp in a valley, ravine, or other low-lying areas.—
Southern California Weather Report,
Oc Register,
18 Feb. 2026
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If reaching a safe shelter is not possible, either crouch down in your car and cover your head, or leave your vehicle and seek refuge in a low-lying area like a ditch or ravine.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
17 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Altogether, Saguaro is 92,000 acres, with mountains, canyons, 200 miles of hiking trails, and iconic cacti that can grow to be 50 feet tall.—
Graham Averill,
Outside,
23 Feb. 2026
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The vacation spots on this list are romantic, but they’re also designed for duo travel—whether that looks like pairing up with a partner to rappel down canyons in Dominica, trying twice as many dishes on a pintxo crawl in San Sebastian, or co-marveling at South African sunsets.—
Jessica Sulima,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The gorge acts as a natural channel funneling through rain runoff often creating an intriguing mix of wildflowers.—
Roger Naylor,
AZCentral.com,
21 Feb. 2026
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Stone villages cling to hillsides above orchards while rivers slice through limestone gorges below.—
Rob Crossan,
Condé Nast Traveler,
16 Feb. 2026
Noun
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It was built between the walls of the Black Canyon of the Gunnison and has a lower volume capacity than Blue Mesa Dam, an earth-fill dam that was constructed in a lower valley.—
Logan Smith,
CBS News,
22 Feb. 2026
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These walls block the view of the house for a six footer standing down in the valley.—
James Alexander,
Hartford Courant,
22 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The rupture occurred near where the tunnel connects to the 15-foot-diameter penstock, sending a gully of water down both sides of the 1-mile pipeline leading to the powerhouse.—
Jake Goodrick,
Sacbee.com,
20 Feb. 2026
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Ryan Copenhagen was descending a gully on January 26 when the metal line struck him across the neck.—
Outside,
Outside,
10 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Hollywood’s leading performers, venturing into the dark vale of middle age, have often been kindly treated by directors of photography, if not by screenwriters.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
18 Sep. 2025
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EchoStar’s deal last year to sell Dish Network to DirecTV — then majority-owned by AT&T — was scrapped after EchoStar bondholders rejected the debt-exchange terms that would have reduced the vale of their holdings.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
26 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Winding through Derbyshire’s limestone dales, the Monsal Trail is an 8.5-mile ribbon cut from the old Midland Railway line.—
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
16 July 2025
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But more than 24,000 square miles where these states converge around the Mississippi was untouched by the ice sheets, leaving hills and dales to roll freely, secreting forest-banked rivers and sandstone sentinels.—
Elaine Glusac,
AFAR Media,
26 June 2025
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“Dell.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dell. Accessed 28 Feb. 2026.
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