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a type of dwelling built into the side of a cliff or steep rock face
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The ancient cliff dwellings in Mesa Verde National Park are a testament to the ingenuity of the Ancestral Puebloans.
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I can't believe people used to live in those cliff dwellings up on the mountain!
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Those cliff dwellings are so cool, like something out of a movie.
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Living on the edge of society can feel like inhabiting a cliff dwelling, isolated and precarious.