butte
Example Sentences
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There will be two reservoirs — one up on the butte, another 1,000 feet below.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2024
An Oregon butte unfortunately titled “Swastika Mountain” will be getting a new name in the near future.
From Washington Times • Aug. 24, 2022
“Cash Up can not be other than voted an enterprising and progressive man. His advertising the butte as he is not only benefits himself, but the entire country and community.”
From Seattle Times • Aug. 5, 2022
One cold winter solstice day, we found ourselves alone on the summit of a rock-topped butte, watching transfixed as a huge black cloud barreled toward us in an otherwise blue sky.
From New York Times • Mar. 18, 2022
Small, rudely fashioned models of farmhouses and farmyards covered the top of the butte.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
Vocabulary lists containing butte
Geological Features
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Physical Geography - Middle School
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The United States
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