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Developers advertised the rugged mesa—framed by the Santa Monica Mountains to the east and the ocean to the west—as an escape from the dust and noise of the growing city of Los Angeles.
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Literary Hub,
13 May 2026
West of the mountains, the scenery opens into Utah’s red-rock country, defined by mesas and sandstone formations, before stretching into the high desert of Nevada, where towns are sparse.
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AFAR Media,
27 Apr. 2026
While the southern end of the park is known for its high concentration of petrified wood, the northern end has jaw-dropping views of the Painted Desert, the colorful expanse of hills, buttes, and mesas in Arizona’s high desert.
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Lydia Mansel,
Travel + Leisure,
4 Apr. 2026
Enter a ravine and follow gradual switchbacks to a small mesa at the top.
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Madison Chapman,
Outside,
25 Mar. 2026
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Literary Hub,
13 May 2026
West of the mountains, the scenery opens into Utah’s red-rock country, defined by mesas and sandstone formations, before stretching into the high desert of Nevada, where towns are sparse.
—
AFAR Media,
27 Apr. 2026
While the southern end of the park is known for its high concentration of petrified wood, the northern end has jaw-dropping views of the Painted Desert, the colorful expanse of hills, buttes, and mesas in Arizona’s high desert.
—
Lydia Mansel,
Travel + Leisure,
4 Apr. 2026
Enter a ravine and follow gradual switchbacks to a small mesa at the top.
—
Madison Chapman,
Outside,
25 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mesa
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Located in Florina, in northwestern Greece, the region lies on a high plateau ringed by jagged peaks, with freshwater lakes below.
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Perched on the edge of a rocky plateau above the village, its sleek, ultra-modern rooms open onto balconies with views of the rooftops below and the Matterhorn beyond.
Noun
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The Simbari people of Papua New Guinea’s eastern highlands separate boys from their mothers around the age of nine.
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The Macallan Importantly, this is the first time that Macallan fans will be able to have this type of experience without going through global travel retail or venturing into the heart of the remote Scottish highlands.
Noun
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Only a depression in the ground remains at the Ingalls Dugout Site, but eagle-eyed visitors can still spot the spring, tablelands, thickets of plum trees, and other landmarksr described in the book of the same name.
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Pedro Cervantes painted jewellike vistas of New Mexico’s tablelands.
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“Mesa.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mesa. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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