altitude

Example Sentences

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Along the entire French Mediterranean coastline, an evacuation zone has been defined by government agencies and the University of Montpellier, based on altitude, distance from the sea and historical data.

From Science Daily • May 21, 2026

There will be short, sharp peaks and valleys, but if you can’t stand the rises and falls in altitude, hand over those anxieties to your silent, hardworking virtual self.

From MarketWatch • May 12, 2026

“At medium to high altitude, aircraft are going to be able to do what they want, and there’s nothing the Iranians can do about it.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

"We are thinking about airlifting the rope-fixing team and their logistics to Camp 2 by helicopter, so they can open the route above that altitude for now," Ram Krishna Lamichhane, the department's director general, said.

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026

But the demands of simultaneously running Base Camp and meeting the medical needs of some twenty-five people in a remote, high- altitude environment proved to be more than she’d bargained for.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer