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Recent Examples of tableland
Pedro Cervantes painted jewellike vistas of New Mexico’s tablelands.
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John P. Murphy, ARTnews.com, 5 Apr. 2026
The tableland was formed by volcanic eruptions about 700,000 years ago, according to the Bishop Chamber of Commerce and Information Center.
—Don Sweeney, Sacramento Bee, 11 Mar. 2025
It's located on the Cumberland Plateau — a 450-mile tableland that covers much of eastern Kentucky and Tennessee, with soaring sandstone walls, large boulders, and dramatic overhangs.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 22 July 2023
Schuerman Mountain rises in west Sedona, a high tableland that offers commanding views of gaudier formations.
—Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 5 Mar. 2021
Their concerns center on Black Mesa, a tableland that rises north of the Hopi villages and that lies partly in the Navajo Reservation and partly in the Hopi Reservation.
—Ian James, AZCentral.com, 7 Dec. 2020
Alexandra and Yongden decided to walk knee-deep into the tableland ahead of them.
—Ailsa Ross, Longreads, 9 Aug. 2019
Lubbock, with its elevation reaching to some 3,400 feet, sits high atop caprock tableland that tapers slowly to the southeast toward Fort Worth and Dallas.
—Mary Ann Anderson, Twin Cities, 20 July 2019
John P. Murphy, ARTnews.com, 5 Apr. 2026
The tableland was formed by volcanic eruptions about 700,000 years ago, according to the Bishop Chamber of Commerce and Information Center.
—Don Sweeney, Sacramento Bee, 11 Mar. 2025
It's located on the Cumberland Plateau — a 450-mile tableland that covers much of eastern Kentucky and Tennessee, with soaring sandstone walls, large boulders, and dramatic overhangs.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 22 July 2023
Schuerman Mountain rises in west Sedona, a high tableland that offers commanding views of gaudier formations.
—Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 5 Mar. 2021
Their concerns center on Black Mesa, a tableland that rises north of the Hopi villages and that lies partly in the Navajo Reservation and partly in the Hopi Reservation.
—Ian James, AZCentral.com, 7 Dec. 2020
Alexandra and Yongden decided to walk knee-deep into the tableland ahead of them.
—Ailsa Ross, Longreads, 9 Aug. 2019
Lubbock, with its elevation reaching to some 3,400 feet, sits high atop caprock tableland that tapers slowly to the southeast toward Fort Worth and Dallas.
—Mary Ann Anderson, Twin Cities, 20 July 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tableland
Noun
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The movie’s plot is an intentional plateau, adapting the novel’s diaristic structure in the form of occasional video messages and FaceTime calls between Gianina and her nine-year-old daughter living with grandma back in Romania.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
IndieWire,
16 May 2026
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On the other hand, Lima sits on a coastal desert with extremely low rainfall, while São Paulo extends across a vast inland plateau.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
13 May 2026
Noun
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Built in 1885, the route once played a key role in transporting coffee and grains from the Curitiba highlands to the coast.—
Taryn White,
Travel + Leisure,
11 May 2026
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Take away the highlands and the suburbs and the big round table, and these are two shows that tell stories through the words and actions of real people.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
10 May 2026
Noun
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Developers advertised the rugged mesa—framed by the Santa Monica Mountains to the east and the ocean to the west—as an escape from the dust and noise of the growing city of Los Angeles.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 May 2026
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West of the mountains, the scenery opens into Utah’s red-rock country, defined by mesas and sandstone formations, before stretching into the high desert of Nevada, where towns are sparse.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
27 Apr. 2026
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“Tableland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tableland. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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