as in hills
an area of high ground
a rocky prominence that commands a stunning view of the surrounding area
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Recent Examples of prominences
The sky served up no shortage of spectacle in 2025 —from lunar liaisons, solar prominences and fleeting meteor showers, to aurora and nebula scenes that unfold on a scale almost too massive for the human mind to comprehend.
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Anthony Wood, Space.com, 30 Dec. 2025
Instead, the Economy seat puts pressure on the bonny prominences of the hip and restricts blood circulation.
—New Atlas, 16 Dec. 2025
One of these prominences is Crestone Peak, and the other is a sub-summit called East Crestone, which is just 418 feet away.
—Madison Dapcevich, Outside, 17 Oct. 2025
Anthony Wood, Space.com, 30 Dec. 2025
Instead, the Economy seat puts pressure on the bonny prominences of the hip and restricts blood circulation.
—New Atlas, 16 Dec. 2025
One of these prominences is Crestone Peak, and the other is a sub-summit called East Crestone, which is just 418 feet away.
—Madison Dapcevich, Outside, 17 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for prominences
Noun
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Hours and hours of rolling green hills and rice paddies passed by the windows, the pale pools amid the shoots flashing bits of sky.—
Cassandra Neyenesch,
New Yorker,
29 Mar. 2026
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The villagers become sympathetic to the revolutionaries, who hide in the hills, and increasingly radicalized.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
27 Mar. 2026
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The soft glow of lanterns against ancient mounds turns a seemingly simple walk into a reflective, cinematic journey through American history.—
Rafael Peña,
Miami Herald,
20 Mar. 2026
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Huge snow piles, huge snow mounds.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
10 Mar. 2026
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The area's geography of tall seaside cliffs and sharp mountain ridges can contribute to turbulent air and quick weather changes that pose hazards for aviation.—
JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER,
CBS News,
28 Mar. 2026
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The Na Pali Coast’s towering cliffs and sharp ridges create turbulent air currents and sudden weather changes that pose significant aviation hazards.—
Jennifer Sinco Kelleher,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Mar. 2026
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The northern Klamath Basin, the northern and eastern parts of Klamath county, and the far western parts of Lake county could see up to 6 inches of snow and 45 mph wind gusts—especially over the higher elevations—until mid-Thursday morning.—
Amanda Greenwood,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Apr. 2026
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As a warm winter with poor skiing conditions gave way to early springtime record heat, snow is vanishing from all but the highest elevations in the West.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
1 Apr. 2026
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These speakers join previously announced eminences from Amazon, Calm, Contextual AI, CoreWeave, Databricks, DataSnipper, Exelon, Glean, Google, Intuit, Rivian, and Serve Robotics.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
17 Nov. 2025
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It was started by Goodall, Desmond Tutu, and other eminences.—
Zach Helfand,
New Yorker,
13 Oct. 2025
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The McLaughlin's spring break vacation to Colorado's mountains required a hard shift in plans following a historically warm and dry winter.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA Today,
31 Mar. 2026
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The storms delivered heavy rainfall directly into the Lake Tahoe basin, while also dumping substantial snowfall across the surrounding mountains.—
Amanda Greenwood,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Mar. 2026
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“Prominences.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prominences. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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