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Recent Examples of terrane
Beyond that is hilly terrane that is mostly volcanic material that make up most of the surface of Mars.
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Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 16 Feb. 2021
The hummocky terrane leading away from Mount St. Helens after the May 19, 1980 eruption.
—Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 8 Jan. 2019
The Alps have some of the most rugged terrane anywhere on Earth thanks to the active tectonics and the recent record of glaciers.
—Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 3 July 2018
The mountain terrane of western North America cross the borders of Canada, the U.S. and Mexico with reckless abandon.
—Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 22 Jan. 2019
The volcanic plains on the near side of the moon are home to a group of elements including potassium, rare earth elements, phosphorous among others – known as Procellarum KREEP terrane (PKT) that is rare elsewhere on the moon.
—Katie Hunt, CNN, 11 Apr. 2022
Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 16 Feb. 2021
The hummocky terrane leading away from Mount St. Helens after the May 19, 1980 eruption.
—Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 8 Jan. 2019
The Alps have some of the most rugged terrane anywhere on Earth thanks to the active tectonics and the recent record of glaciers.
—Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 3 July 2018
The mountain terrane of western North America cross the borders of Canada, the U.S. and Mexico with reckless abandon.
—Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 22 Jan. 2019
The volcanic plains on the near side of the moon are home to a group of elements including potassium, rare earth elements, phosphorous among others – known as Procellarum KREEP terrane (PKT) that is rare elsewhere on the moon.
—Katie Hunt, CNN, 11 Apr. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for terrane
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The connection to contemporary art also informs the design of the bottle, which was inspired by the curving landforms of Charles Jencks’ Cells of Life at Jupiter Artland.—
Paul Caputo,
Forbes.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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Rose is stoked to see how insights from predictive artificial intelligence impact play while also offering a glimpse into future applications—like preemptively assessing how even subtle architectural changes, from adding trees to adjusting landforms, will affect scoring.—
Mike Dojc,
Forbes,
13 Mar. 2025
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The wild card will be where President Trump and key MAGA influencers land.—
Stef W. Kight,
Axios,
10 Apr. 2025
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Indeed, materials excavated from their land have been used to build Naples’ Piazza del Plebiscito and revive the city’s bustling streets into the industrial boom.—
Sofia Celeste,
Footwear News,
9 Apr. 2025
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The players then wander over to chip and putt around an animatronic green, which can be rotated through 360 degrees and its topography manipulated by hundreds of hydraulic jacks beneath the surface.—
Don Riddell,
CNN,
24 Mar. 2025
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But its topography is amazingly varied: forests, deserts, lakes, mountains, sun, rain, snow.—
The New York Times News Service Syndicate,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Mar. 2025
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Scientific research on topics ranging from biology to geomorphology to climate and astrophysics happens in and around the station.—
Margaret Osborne,
Smithsonian Magazine,
6 Sep. 2023
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Hansen’s multidisciplinary studies also have focused on geology, geomorphology and hydrology.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Mar. 2023
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President Trump continues to move with breathtaking speed to alter the federal government and, perhaps, the societal landscape.—
Blake D. Morant,
Forbes.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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In today’s dynamic financial landscape, access to expert insights is paramount.—
Hakyung Kim,
CNBC,
2 Apr. 2025
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The researchers plan to investigate about 10,000 square meters (over 100,000 square feet) more of the area’s desert terrain in an effort to uncover additional tombs, Wegner said.—
Taylor Nicioli,
CNN Money,
5 Apr. 2025
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In some of the first versions of the game, at a certain distance from a player’s original spawn point, the file size would get so big that the game would start to glitch and the terrain generation would fail, creating huge, straight cliffs.—
Issy van der Velde,
Rolling Stone,
5 Apr. 2025
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And, while the regulatory pressures have faded in the U.S., climate rules remain significant and growing in many of the key geographies around the world, meaning that multinational companies still need to pay attention to sustainability.—
Justin Worland,
Time,
4 Apr. 2025
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Some of the top imports from Costa Rica include products such as bananas and coffee, which are hardly grown at all in the U.S. because of geography.—
The Editors,
National Review,
3 Apr. 2025
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“Terrane.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/terrane. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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