Rocky Mountain States

plural noun

1. those states in the region of the Rocky Mountains, including Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Utah, and Wyoming, and sometimes Arizona and New Mexico.

Example Sentences

In the 2023 survey, registered voters in the eight Rocky Mountain states supported executive action to create national monuments.

From Los Angeles Times

Hospitalizations are rising fastest in the South, Great Plains and Rocky Mountain states.

From Los Angeles Times

Both are fast-growing Rocky Mountain states that have been transformed by an influx of like-minded residents.

From Seattle Times

“So goes Colorado, so goes the rest of the Rocky Mountain states eventually,” said Soper, who in March apologized to fellow lawmakers for threatening a new civil war over gun control.

From Seattle Times

The transformation is part of a larger political shift across the West: along the Pacific Coast, through the deserts of Nevada and Arizona, into the Rocky Mountain states of Colorado and New Mexico.

From Los Angeles Times