as in hill
an area of high ground
there are permanent glaciers in the cool, humid highlands of the Pacific Northwest
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Recent Examples of highland
The special edition scotch is bottled inside a sculpture glass reminiscent of the Scottish highlands and the River Livet.
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Madeline Fitzgerald, Quartz, 25 Sep. 2024
Now, archaeologists for the first time have mapped these intriguing highland strongholds in the country’s southeast — once a key crossroad of ancient silk trade routes — that were inexplicably abandoned.
—Katie Hunt, CNN, 23 Oct. 2024
These western–North Carolina highlands, largely protected from extensive mining extraction, would protect me and the others who call them home.
—Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle, The Atlantic, 1 Oct. 2024
That may include grinding cacao in Ecuador’s Andean highlands, participating in hot-stone pachamanca baking in Peru, and tasting Malbec and Carmenere wines along the fjords of Patagonia.
—Staff Author, Travel + Leisure, 12 Sep. 2024
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Madeline Fitzgerald, Quartz, 25 Sep. 2024
Now, archaeologists for the first time have mapped these intriguing highland strongholds in the country’s southeast — once a key crossroad of ancient silk trade routes — that were inexplicably abandoned.
—Katie Hunt, CNN, 23 Oct. 2024
These western–North Carolina highlands, largely protected from extensive mining extraction, would protect me and the others who call them home.
—Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle, The Atlantic, 1 Oct. 2024
That may include grinding cacao in Ecuador’s Andean highlands, participating in hot-stone pachamanca baking in Peru, and tasting Malbec and Carmenere wines along the fjords of Patagonia.
—Staff Author, Travel + Leisure, 12 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for highland
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Down the hill toward Yellow Creek, Reeder pulled out a measuring tape at the base of one particularly large Douglas fir.April Ehrlich, ProPublica, 12 Nov. 2024
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Earlier in the week, the couple escorted two reporters down the hill.Blake Nelson, The Mercury News, 11 Nov. 2024
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The cadence of the play is clearly off, as Rizzo doesn’t charge and Cole appears to get lost in no man’s land between the pitcher’s mound and first base.Tony Blengino, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
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Despite facing long odds, Torres said the team is always confident when Cole takes the mound.Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 30 Oct. 2024
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The country’s upland areas are covered by a patchwork of teams made up of locals from all walks of life.Tristan Kennedy, WIRED, 7 Oct. 2024
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Aided by legislation that rewards landowners for increasing the biodiversity of the Welsh uplands, his group has been planting trees — more than 300,000 at this point, including that rowan.Tom Vanderbilt, Travel + Leisure, 25 June 2024
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One foot of snow has already hit the mountains west of Redding, California. ABC News' Marilyn Heck contributed to this report.Max Golembo, ABC News, 20 Nov. 2024
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Meanwhile, back in Mosser’s neighborhood, community members were working to fill in the road just enough so that her husband and son could safely get down off the mountain to be with her.Michelle Boudin, People.com, 20 Nov. 2024
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“Highland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/highland. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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