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Denali

American  
[dih-nah-lee] / dɪˈnɑ li /

noun

  1. a mountain in southern central Alaska: highest peak in North America, 20,310 feet (6,190 meters).


Denali British  
/ dɪˈnɑːlɪ /

noun

  1. another name for Mount McKinley 1

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Denali Therapeutics received the first U.S. approval for a shuttle-enhanced drug in March, while Roche is in pivotal trials.

From Barron's Jun. 3, 2026

To get to Denali Backcountry Lodge in Alaska, guests take a helicopter.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 10, 2025

His charge was simply 31 sled dogs, mostly Alaskan huskies, who work in Denali National Park.

From Slate Jul. 4, 2025

In 2016, Shapiro and his wife boarded a bright red plane mounted with skis to fly over Denali National Park in Alaska to get to their ceremony.

From Los Angeles Times May 22, 2025

After eighty-one days of exhausting, extremely hazardous climbing, Waterman reached the 14,573-foot summit of Hunter, which rises in the Alaska Range immediately south of Denali.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer

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