as in cape
an area of land that juts out into a body of water
the peninsula is constantly buffeted by storms
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Recent Examples of peninsula
About 30,000 people live on the peninsula year-round, a third of them in and around the city of Sturgeon Bay.
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Jacqueline Kehoe, Travel + Leisure, 23 Jan. 2025
The snow should stay contained to Florida’s Panhandle as rain hits the peninsula farther south.
—Judson Jones, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2025
Together with Dirk Hartog Island, this remote peninsula makes up Shark Bay, or Gutharraguda in the local language, a UNESCO World Heritage site 500 miles north of Perth in Western Australia.
—Keith Drew, AFAR Media, 16 Jan. 2025
Now, 10 years after its capture, the peninsula has turned into one massive military base.
—David Vetter, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
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Jacqueline Kehoe, Travel + Leisure, 23 Jan. 2025
The snow should stay contained to Florida’s Panhandle as rain hits the peninsula farther south.
—Judson Jones, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2025
Together with Dirk Hartog Island, this remote peninsula makes up Shark Bay, or Gutharraguda in the local language, a UNESCO World Heritage site 500 miles north of Perth in Western Australia.
—Keith Drew, AFAR Media, 16 Jan. 2025
Now, 10 years after its capture, the peninsula has turned into one massive military base.
—David Vetter, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
See all Example Sentences for peninsula
Recent Examples of Synonyms for peninsula
Noun
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Beneath the cape, Kim styled the peekaboo bra trend that saw a resurgence in 2024.—
Julia Teti,
WWD,
28 Jan. 2025
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Dua Lipa and Callum Turner's Relationship Timeline Photos taken inside the Grand Palais show the pop star keeping her left hand inside the cape while posing with her purse in her right hand.—
Michelle Lee,
People.com,
28 Jan. 2025
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At some point in 2018, Mazen began to succumb to a breakdown.—
Jon Lee Anderson,
The New Yorker,
27 Jan. 2025
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And if Moriarty managed to survive the waterfall, what are the odds that Holmes will show up at some point in the series?—
Samantha Highfill,
EW.com,
27 Jan. 2025
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Some interlopers even made the treacherous journey around the rocky headland that flanks the resort’s half-moon bay to steal onto set.—
Charlie Campbell,
TIME,
24 Jan. 2025
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Also, as with the previous regional projects, so far there is no plan to include retention devices such as the artificial headlands and reef proposed in Oceanside.—
Philip Diehl,
The Mercury News,
30 Dec. 2024
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“Peninsula.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peninsula. Accessed 3 Feb. 2025.
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