seamount

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Recent Examples of seamount Or book a berth aboard the eight-passenger Water and Wind catamaran to sites that include Princess Alice Bank, where huge schools of jack, tuna, and barracuda cloud the seamount. Terry Ward, AFAR Media, 11 Sep. 2025 Easily recognized by their slender bodies, long pectoral fins, and rounded snouts, this species is often seen cruising in the open ocean, particularly along the edges of continental shelves, around seamounts, and near offshore reefs. Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2025 The second looks to obtain cobalt-rich crusts that have accumulated over millions of years on the tops of seamounts between depths of approximately 3,000 and 8,000 feet, by peeling these crusts off from the bedrock. Amber X. Chen, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 July 2025 Underwater volcano lurks off the Oregon coast The massive undersea Axial seamount volcano reaches more than 3,600 feet above the seabed about 300 miles off Oregon. Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 29 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for seamount
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Noun
  • Sun, wind, and water sculpted the sandstone into a dramatic, desolate, unearthly landscape of gorges and valleys, inselbergs and stacks, towering tassili and natural arches.
    Aminatta Forna, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Aug. 2024
  • Geologists had suspected that these inselbergs, found in Brazil, Australia, and southern Africa, are old—enduring while erosion stripped away the surrounding landscape.
    Paul Voosen, Science | AAAS, 26 June 2019
Noun
  • Among the displays are ceramic figures, scale models and paintings that narrate indigenous traditions in the Andes cordillera, from the first settlements dating back 15,000 years to the birth of the Tiwanaku state and the rise of the Incan empire.
    Washington Post, Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2019
  • Away to the west, mountains rode the horizons, granite faced, severe, not the Andes yet, but the cordillera of the pre-Andes.
    Stanley Stewart, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Aug. 2019
Noun
  • Swap out old knobs and handles for brass ones to add a sophisticated, elegant touch.
    Farima Ferguson, The Spruce, 28 Apr. 2026
  • In older homes, Reiner warns that outdated materials like aluminum or knob-and-tube wiring can be fire hazards, too, and may even prevent a home from being insured or financed.
    Angelika Pokovba, Martha Stewart, 25 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • That was the overwhelming sentiment at the annual summit of America Votes, founded 22 years ago to coordinate the electoral work of left-leaning unions and climate groups.
    David Weigel, semafor.com, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Every year, thousands attempt to reach the summit, and many come here to train in glacier mountaineering skills with guide services like Alpine Ascents International.
    Zoe Baillargeon, Travel + Leisure, 29 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Earlier this month, a snowmobiler was killed in California's Sierra Nevada mountain range after an avalanche buried him in snow.
    Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 11 Jan. 2026
  • Away Lutsen Mountains is one of only a few ski resorts in the Midwest on an actual mountain range.
    Julia Sayers Gokhale, Midwest Living, 7 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Mallorca’s very own mountain range is perfect walking territory, boasting the famous Ruta de Pedra en Sec (Dry Stone Route), a 93-mile trail that runs the length of the sierra from Andratx to Pollença.
    Paul Richardson, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Feb. 2026
  • Facial moles like cacti in the sierra, front-tooth gaps like keyhole nebulae.
    Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 14 Nov. 2022
Noun
  • He was particularly intrigued by schizophrenia—the pinnacle of madness and the most complex puzzle of all.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Still, the pinnacles of the heartland-rock canon continue to thrill us in unexpected ways.
    Jack Hamilton, The Atlantic, 28 Apr. 2026

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“Seamount.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seamount. Accessed 1 May. 2026.

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