Brooks Range

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noun

a mountain range in N Alaska, forming a watershed between the Yukon River and the Arctic Ocean: highest peak, 9,239 feet (2,815 meters).

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Words nearby Brooks Range

Brooklynese, Brooklyn Park, Brookner, Brook Park, Brooks, Brooks Range, brook trout, brookweed, brooky, broom, broomball

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How to use Brooks Range in a sentence

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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By a voice he saith: Hear me, ye divine offspring, and bud forth as the rose planted by the brooks of waters.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
I do not know what I think; all my thoughts seem whirling round as leaves do in brooks in the time of the spring rains.
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It is the experience of such that the voice may be extended in its range in both directions at once.
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It is ordinarily considered that the range of the speaking voice is very limited as compared with the singer's range.
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And could it not be extended from its present limited range until it reached practically the whole adolescent community?
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British Dictionary definitions for Brooks Range

Brooks Range

/ (brʊks) /

noun

a mountain range in N Alaska. Highest peak: Mount Isto, 2761 m (9058 ft)

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