as in valley
an area of lowland between hills or mountains
settled in a lush vale in the shadow of the mountains
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Recent Examples of vale
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.
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Todd Spangler, Variety, 26 Aug. 2025
And, far and near, through vale and hill, Are faces that attest the same;
The proud heart flashing through the eyes,
At sound of Rob Roy’s name.
—Patricia Lockwood, New Yorker, 18 May 2025
The 2021 Caldor Fire raced toward the South Lake Tahoe neighborhood of Christmas Valley, tucked in a secluded vale.
—Calmatters, The Mercury News, 20 Mar. 2025
The wind blew briskly over the glacier, and the vale echoed with the sound of frozen boulders crashing down the slopes.
—Carl Zimmer, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2025
Why should only suffering be a vale of soul-making, why shouldn’t the soul be made of this moment, too, this unremarkable moment, remember this.
—Parul Sehgal, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024
Its views extend across hills and vales to the village of Vila de Frades and beyond, to the more bustling town of Vidigueira.
—Mary Lussiana, airmail.news, 17 Aug. 2024
Famous for its wheat and wine, this vale on the Syrian-Lebanese border has been a breadbasket in the Levant region since the time of the Romans.
—Aisha Ahmad, Foreign Affairs, 5 Oct. 2017
Todd Spangler, Variety, 26 Aug. 2025
And, far and near, through vale and hill, Are faces that attest the same;
The proud heart flashing through the eyes,
At sound of Rob Roy’s name.
—Patricia Lockwood, New Yorker, 18 May 2025
The 2021 Caldor Fire raced toward the South Lake Tahoe neighborhood of Christmas Valley, tucked in a secluded vale.
—Calmatters, The Mercury News, 20 Mar. 2025
The wind blew briskly over the glacier, and the vale echoed with the sound of frozen boulders crashing down the slopes.
—Carl Zimmer, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2025
Why should only suffering be a vale of soul-making, why shouldn’t the soul be made of this moment, too, this unremarkable moment, remember this.
—Parul Sehgal, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024
Its views extend across hills and vales to the village of Vila de Frades and beyond, to the more bustling town of Vidigueira.
—Mary Lussiana, airmail.news, 17 Aug. 2024
Famous for its wheat and wine, this vale on the Syrian-Lebanese border has been a breadbasket in the Levant region since the time of the Romans.
—Aisha Ahmad, Foreign Affairs, 5 Oct. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vale
valley
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When camping in an open environment, select a campsite in a valley, ravine, or low region.—
KANSAS CITY STAR WEATHER BOT,
Kansas City Star,
17 Sep. 2025
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The fossil was embedded inside rocks that date to between 115 million and 108 million years ago, in the Early Cretaceous period, when the area was covered by a lush river valley.—
Jack Tamisiea,
Scientific American,
17 Sep. 2025
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“Vale.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vale. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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