basin range

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noun Geology.

a mountain range of the type found in the Great Basin region of the western U.S., typically long and narrow and characterized by faulted, tilted blocks of strata.

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The email appears to have been a relatively common attempt to gain personal information from a wide range of unwitting victims.
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They just reflect the range of breeds that were used to create the Heck cattle in the first instance.
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The Eighty-ninth Congress was potentially more fertile ground for the broad range of controversial programs on his dream agenda.
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Bottom line is that it will only be a BVR [beyond visual range] airplane.
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That means the F-35 will be almost entirely reliant on long-range air-to-air missiles.
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It is the experience of such that the voice may be extended in its range in both directions at once.
Expressive Voice Culture|Jessie Eldridge Southwick
It is ordinarily considered that the range of the speaking voice is very limited as compared with the singer's range.
Expressive Voice Culture|Jessie Eldridge Southwick
And could it not be extended from its present limited range until it reached practically the whole adolescent community?
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
Pitch corresponds to the range of the voice, and expresses affection or attraction.
Expressive Voice Culture|Jessie Eldridge Southwick
That, and a range war that grew out of the killing, and some kind of a business deal just about broke them.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair

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