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Recent Examples of sugarloaf
The actress wore a Bulgari high jewelry necklace with a sugarloaf sapphire center stone to complete her look.
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Shannon Adducci, Robb Report, 5 May 2025
In addition, there’s a 13.18-carat unmounted and unheated sugarloaf cabochon Kahmir sapphire with an estimate of $500,000 - $750,000.
—Anthony Demarco, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
Just offshore, on the park’s namesake island that looks like a sugarloaf, is a small colony of about 40 Humboldt penguins prowling the coast in search of food.
—Mark Johanson, chicagotribune.com, 8 Oct. 2019
Shannon Adducci, Robb Report, 5 May 2025
In addition, there’s a 13.18-carat unmounted and unheated sugarloaf cabochon Kahmir sapphire with an estimate of $500,000 - $750,000.
—Anthony Demarco, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
Just offshore, on the park’s namesake island that looks like a sugarloaf, is a small colony of about 40 Humboldt penguins prowling the coast in search of food.
—Mark Johanson, chicagotribune.com, 8 Oct. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sugarloaf
Noun
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When the monsoon ridge shifts over the Four Corners region, winds aloft summon tropical moisture north, sometimes bringing the remnants of Pacific hurricanes with it.—
Hayleigh Evans,
AZCentral.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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This oak is typically found on dry, rocky ridges, including in the mountains.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The dome will give Liverpool a full-size indoor pitch for the first time.—
James Pearce,
New York Times,
4 Sep. 2025
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Dessert continues the theme with the Flaming Alaska, a meringue dome flambéed in front of you.—
Lauren Mowery,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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From just over a nearby hillock, a howl floated back.—
Sharon Bernstein,
Sacbee.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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With the Sayre’s prime setting on a hillock, guests have a clear view of the intact former Bethlehem Steel blast furnaces a few miles away.—
John Oseid,
Forbes.com,
10 July 2025
Noun
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The film is manually wound through the camera via hand knobs at either side, with a frame counter keeping track of how many exposures have been taken.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
2 Sep. 2025
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Check the base of the beater shaft, rims around the motor housing, ventilation openings, and control knobs and switches.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
2 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Thousands of years ago, the 52,000-plus acres now known as Mesa Verde National Park were home to the Ancestral Pueblo People, who built a series of sophisticated stone dwellings in the cliffs here.—
Cu Fleshman,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Sep. 2025
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In this sequel to The Ice Road that trades Canadian ice flats for cliff-edge drop-offs and hairpin passes, Neeson’s grieving character Mike McCann heads to the Himalayas to scatter his brother’s ashes.—
Travis Bean,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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“Sugarloaf.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sugarloaf. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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