cuesta

noun

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  1. cliff
  2. escarpment
  3. bluff
  4. butte
  5. hogback
  6. scarp
  7. precipice
  8. scar
Noun
  • That income limit is a cliff — earning a dollar over the limit generally means paying the full, unsubsidized premium.
    — Sarah Agostino, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Both are protected areas with stunning beaches, dramatic cliffs, and unique wildlife, like dolphins and flamingos.
    — Kathleen Peddicord, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of cliff
Noun
  • The researchers say the ancient escarpment may have influenced river systems, sediment transport and the flooding of continental interiors long before the rapid diversification of complex life during the Cambrian explosion.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Built around a towering sandstone escarpment that rises through the centre of the property, surrounded by a deliciously cold pool, the architecture was conceived in careful negotiation with the landscape.
    — Lara Johnson-Wheeler, Vogue, 3 July 2026
Definition of escarpment
Noun
  • Bassist Randy Meisner was a Nebraska farm guy, raised in the shadow of prominent sandstone bluffs that guided dreamy Americans westward in the 19th century.
    — Grayson Haver Currin, Pitchfork, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Set on a bluff slightly inland from Lake Muskoka itself, the resort allows players to tee off against a backdrop of incredible views.
    — Maryam Siddiqi, Travel + Leisure, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of bluff
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  • The $450 million carbon-neutral library blends seamlessly into the rolling buttes.
    — Alicia Underlee Nelson, Midwest Living, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Each summer, runners carry prayers more than 50 miles from the town of Bluff, Utah, to the high country below the buttes, and the White Mesa Ute community beside the monument holds its Bear Dance each year.
    — Kerri J. Malloy, The Conversation, 23 July 2026
Definition of butte
Noun
  • In 1876, Arthur Lakes, a professor at Jarvis Hall college, discovered several dinosaur fossils on the west side of a hogback west of Denver, including the first fossils to be called stegosaurus.
    — Alia Beard Rau, USA Today, 10 June 2026
  • Views to the east take in Red Rocks Park, the Dakota Ridge hogback, Green Mountain and downtown Denver in the distance.
    — John Meyer, Denver Post, 26 May 2026
Definition of hogback
Noun
  • The team used high-resolution topographic data from satellites, aircraft and drones to detect fault scarps, narrow ridges formed when the ground shifts during an earthquake, that were previously hidden under dense forest and glacial deposits.
    — Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Surrounding that is the environmental protective garment (EPG), the heavy, visible, outer covering of the suit that protects the astronauts from cuts and punctures on a lunar terrain that bristles with jagged rocks and scarps.
    — Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 18 Oct. 2024
Definition of scarp
Noun
  • Instead, Jolene sits on the precipice of change, telling a vivid story of how seeing a stunning young woman can make another woman insecure.
    — Wendy Hargreaves, Fortune, 28 Aug. 2026
  • This points to global streaming services nearing a precipice for cost increases, as the proliferation of services available and a general caution around spending mean consumers are becoming less likely to accept higher and higher demands.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of precipice
Noun
  • Burn scars on the landscape from previous wildfires can also rapidly funnel water into dangerous downslope torrents.
    — Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Without vegetation, a barren burn scar allows runoff to flow more quickly.
    — Jamie Stengle, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of scar
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