noun
a gorge of the Colorado River in N Arizona. over 200 miles (320 km) long; 1 mile (1.6 km) deep.
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How to use Grand Canyon in a sentence With a light dusting of snow atop its mile-deep red sandstone, Grand Canyon , often thought of as a desert park, is instantly transformed into a winter wonderland.
When the real-life Grand Canyon rafters told their story to The New York Times, there was a significant “lucky you!”
Air-traffic controllers were already worried by 1955 that the increased speeds of newer aircraft would increase fatalities, and the Grand Canyon collision proved their worst fears to be correct.
A grand juror in the Ferguson case is suing to be able to explain exactly what went down in the courtroom.
Could the (thus far) timid trembling give way to a full-on, grand mal seizure?
The 2001 grand jury indictment named 21 suspects as being involved in the U.S. embassy bombings, including Osama bin Laden.
A grand jury investigated but found Foster had broken no law.
So when my wife and I moved to Laurel Canyon I spent my first year working night and day on the show.
A tall phantom in livery appeared, as if by magic, and signed to me to ascend the grand staircase.
"Buy something for your wife that-is-to-be," he said to his grand-nephew, as he handed him the folded paper.
She was in a dream of oily odours and monstrous iron constructions, dominated by the grand foreman: and Edwin was in the dream.
I had no idea who they were, as the Grand Duke was in morning costume, and had no star or decoration to distinguish him.
A splendid grand piano stands in one window (he receives a new one every year).
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British Dictionary definitions for Grand Canyon
noun
a gorge of the Colorado River in N Arizona, extending from its junction with the Little Colorado River to Lake Mead; cut by vertical river erosion through the multicoloured strata of a high plateau; partly contained in the Grand Canyon National Park, covering 2610 sq km (1008 sq miles). Length: 451 km (280 miles). Width: 6 km (4 miles) to 29 km (18 miles). Greatest depth: over 1.5 km (1 mile)
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Cultural definitions for Grand Canyon
notes for Grand Canyon Grand Canyon National Park is a great tourist attraction.
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