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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A mountain, 4,197 m (13,770 ft) high, of the Teton Range in northwest Wyoming. It is the highest elevation in the range.
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- noun a mountain peak in northwestern Wyoming; the highest peak in the Teton Range (13,766 feet high)
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Examples
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The Grand Teton is the highest of the spectacular peaks in Wyoming's Teton Mountains and sometimes is referred to as "America's Matterhorn" due to its great beauty.
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The Grand Teton is a spot that people who have no particular business out here carefully avoid.
The Moon Metal 1890
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In recent months, grizzlies have attacked and injured hikers in and around Glacier, Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks.
As Bears Multiply, Human Clashes Rise Stephanie Simon 2011
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Two groups of moose 12 each year from the Uintah Mountains and Grand Teton herds were transferred to an area just west of the Never Summer Range near Rand, Colorado.
Rich Wolf: Rocky Mountain Mighty Moose (Photos) Rich Wolf 2011
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Under another proposal, the U.S. president could no longer create National Monuments I suppose the Grand Canyon and Grand Teton must have been fiscal disasters for Arizona and Wyoming.
Carl Pope: Something Wicked This Way Comes Carl Pope 2011
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Along the way you take in seven peaks and three minor summits, including the monarch of the range, the Grand Teton 13,770.
Summit Meetings Michael J. Ybarra 2011
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Grand Teton, Wyoming: The highest peak of the Teton Range is Grand Teton, at 13,775 feet.
Climb Every Mountain (But Train Hard First) Jen Murphy 2011
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Two groups of moose 12 each year from the Uintah Mountains and Grand Teton herds were transferred to an area just west of the Never Summer Range near Rand, Colorado.
Rich Wolf: Rocky Mountain Mighty Moose (Photos) Rich Wolf 2011
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—Global financial leaders meeting in the Grand Teton mountains fretted that Europe, the U.S. and other developed countries could fall into recession again after years of fighting the financial crisis by pumping money into their economies.
Global Finance Leaders Fret About A New Recession Luca Di Leo 2011
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Two groups of moose 12 each year from the Uintah Mountains and Grand Teton herds were transferred to an area just west of the Never Summer Range near Rand, Colorado.
Rich Wolf: Rocky Mountain Mighty Moose (Photos) Rich Wolf 2011
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