How to Use pinyon in a Sentence
pinyon
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The fire burned through pinyon-juniper woodlands, which the southwest team said was beneficial.
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Rey Covarrubias Jr,
AZCentral.com,
4 Aug. 2025
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In between, there are stretches of wide valleys filled with junipers, pinyon pines, and jackrabbits peeking out from the sagebrush.
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Tamara Gane,
Travel + Leisure,
15 June 2026
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The best native pine for our climate is single-leaf pinyon (Pinus monophylla).
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Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
16 Apr. 2026
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There are steep rocky switchbacks, five-foot-wide paths with jarring drop-offs, and a jaunt through a forest of pinyon pine, Douglas fir, and southwestern white pine.
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Lauren Matison,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 Jan. 2023
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For hundreds of years before the ‘49ers' arrival, the Timbisha Shoshone lived in the valley, harvesting pinyon pine nuts and mesquite beans and hunting.
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Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Dec. 2025
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Utah’s canyon country has always been a source of rejuvenation and connection for me — the kaleidoscope of rocks, raucous pinyon jays, the legacy of millennia of inhabitants.
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Stephen Trimble,
Denver Post,
8 Apr. 2026
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There are some exceptions such as at Grand Canyon National Park, which allows visitors to collect 25lbs of pinyon nuts (in shell) per household per year.
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Tiffany Acosta,
AZCentral.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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Great Basin encompasses more than 77,000 acres of stunning wilderness, including a cave system, alpine lakes, pinyon-juniper forests, and high altitude peaks.
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Elizabeth Rhodes,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Jan. 2026
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