as in mountain
a type of hill with a flat top and steep sides that is found in the southwestern U.S.
The otherworldly sandstone buttes of Monument Valley, Arizona are well worth a visit.
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Recent Examples of butte
The towering features are similar to the buttes and mesas of Monument Valley along the Arizona-Utah border.
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Ashley Strickland, CNN, 26 Jan. 2025
Rather than focusing on the plateau itself, the work focuses on the neighboring lowlands, which include a large region dotted with thousands of buttes and mesas that rise roughly a kilometer above the surrounding plains.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 20 Jan. 2025
Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota The buttes, bluffs, and pinnacles of the North Dakota badlands make for desirable backpacking come summer.
—Erica Zazo, Outside Online, 9 Jan. 2025
Enchantment Resort Sedona, Arizona Snowbirds traveling south for winter can still catch white peaks on red-rock buttes in the high desert.
—Meira Gebel, Axios, 23 Dec. 2024
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In footage shared with CNN, he can be seen on a foggy mountain as the wind blows.—
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The stand-up star celebrated the major milestone on Feb. 25 by skiing down a mountain in nothing but a red bikini, with a large group of women also sporting bathing suits in the snow.—
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The burial chamber was uncovered at the base of a desert cliff almost 23 feet beneath Abydos, one of Egypt’s oldest cities about 300 miles south of Cairo and roughly six miles from the Nile River.—
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Researchers uncovered the tomb at the mountain, at the base of a high desert cliff where strong winds carry gusts of sand.—
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In The Black Sea Today’s NYT Mini Crossword Clues And Answers For Wednesday, March 26th Ransom Canyon (April 17 with 10 Episodes) Ransom Canyon is a place where love, loss, and loyalty collide beneath the crimson mesas of Texas Hill Country.—
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Swerve past arid mesa tops and cow pastures all the way to your destination.—
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The winter weather advisory affects Southwest Idaho highlands, the Owyhee Mountains and the Camas Prairie for slippery roads.—
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Researchers first discovered the frog in an expedition to the park in 2006 but identified it as another similar species found in the central highlands of Madagascar, herpetologist and evolutionary biologist Mark Scherz wrote in a Feb. 14 post on his website.—
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Wind gusts between 55 mph and 70 mph are forecast throughout Monday for Colorado’s mountains, foothills and Front Range, according to a Hazardous Weather Outlook from the National Weather Service.—
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But one month after the wildfire consumed more than 9,400 residences and 14,000 acres in the foothill community north of downtown Los Angeles, the first vacant lot sold for $550,000 cash, $100,000 above the asking price.—
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This wave of change for SVOD led to a plateau in the growth of subscription numbers, and a plateauing in the number of subscriptions averaged globally.—
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The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) reported that absenteeism rates have doubled—rising from around 15% in 2018 to nearly 30% in 2021, and maintaining a plateau through 2023.—
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“Butte.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/butte. Accessed 8 Apr. 2025.
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