as in canyon
an area of lowland between hills or mountains
the valley will be the first to flood if the river rises
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Recent Examples of valley
The tools were found in Greece's Megalopolis basin, a low-lying valley in southern Greece's Peloponnese peninsula.
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Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 7 Feb. 2026
Every year, rain and snow runoff slip down the eastern face of El Capitan, creating a narrow waterfall that drops over two thousand feet to the valley.
—Mary Beth Skylis, Outside, 7 Feb. 2026
If God was Smith’s guide through the valley of those 18 months, Smith’s father was his trailblazer.
—Andrew Callahan, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2026
Rocky peaks rise sharply from the valley floor, spanning elevations and pockets of habitat that can swing from sweltering to snowing in a single day.
—Joan Meiners, AZCentral.com, 6 Feb. 2026
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Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 7 Feb. 2026
Every year, rain and snow runoff slip down the eastern face of El Capitan, creating a narrow waterfall that drops over two thousand feet to the valley.
—Mary Beth Skylis, Outside, 7 Feb. 2026
If God was Smith’s guide through the valley of those 18 months, Smith’s father was his trailblazer.
—Andrew Callahan, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2026
Rocky peaks rise sharply from the valley floor, spanning elevations and pockets of habitat that can swing from sweltering to snowing in a single day.
—Joan Meiners, AZCentral.com, 6 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for valley
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Each must traverse more than a mile-and-a-half of terrain, through a canyon, into shadows and out, over rolls that hurl the body half a football field through the air before thudding it back down again.—
Barry Svrluga,
Washington Post,
8 Feb. 2026
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But the geographical distance is small compared to the geopolitical canyon the Games hope to bridge.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Feb. 2026
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When camping in an open environment, select a campsite in a valley, ravine, or low region.—
STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Feb. 2026
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The area has deep ravines and dense vegetation.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
6 Feb. 2026
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Located in Armenia’s Lori Province, the deep gorge stretches from Vanadzor to the Georgian border.—
Marlise Kast-Myers,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Feb. 2026
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The Tri-Cities area has long been a hub for agriculture, wine and outdoor recreation, an area along the Snake River and Columbia River gorge that native Americans called the wintering grounds because of its temperate climate.—
Erik Matuszewski,
Forbes.com,
28 Jan. 2026
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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
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Near the pool, shallow stone hollows mark where Zibibbo grapes were once laid out to dry for Passito di Pantelleria, the island’s renowned sweet wine.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
8 Feb. 2026
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In the hills, in the hollows, up the draws and the old dirt logging roads, hidden in the chaparral above the fog line, growing and selling weed became a way of life, woven into the community and its economy.—
Scott Eden,
Rolling Stone,
1 Feb. 2026
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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
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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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“Valley.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/valley. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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