1
as in ascent
an upward slope
I got stuck behind a truck going up a hill in a no-passing zone
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2
as in pile
a quantity of things thrown or stacked on one another
the ants made little hills of dirt
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3
as in mound
an area of high ground
a town nestled in a valley surrounded by green hills
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Recent Examples of hill
Tracy Baim, Chicago Tribune, 29 Mar. 2026
The villagers become sympathetic to the revolutionaries, who hide in the hills, and increasingly radicalized.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 27 Mar. 2026
Ted Katauskas, Outside, 23 Sep. 2025
As the South Bay breeze swept into the stadium, hundreds of fans who were denied entry because of a sellout set up camp on the white stone wall and hill in between the stadium and Via Pacheco road.
—Benjamin Royer, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2024
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Noun
The shining light, minus the hill.
—Tracy Baim, Chicago Tribune, 29 Mar. 2026
The villagers become sympathetic to the revolutionaries, who hide in the hills, and increasingly radicalized.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 27 Mar. 2026
Verb
Contouring—side hilling over 30-degree loose rock—takes us 25 minutes.
—Ted Katauskas, Outside, 23 Sep. 2025
As the South Bay breeze swept into the stadium, hundreds of fans who were denied entry because of a sellout set up camp on the white stone wall and hill in between the stadium and Via Pacheco road.
—Benjamin Royer, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hill
Noun
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Private credit’s rapid ascent was fueled in part by banks’ retreat.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
27 Mar. 2026
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The 8-episode first season charts the improbable ascent of Joe and Rose Kennedy and their nine children, including rebellious second son Jack, who struggles to escape the shadow of his golden boy older brother.—
Denise Petski,
Deadline,
27 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Mendoza will mark the best moment of his life by hugging NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and throwing on the New Era 2026 NFL Draft On Stage Pre-Curved 9FIFTY Snapback Hat in Black and Silver, with a pile of skulls printed on the inside, as seen here.—
Megan Armstrong,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Mar. 2026
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San Jose didn’t follow through on the threats to take ownership of the property, but the city did use the receiver to coax the owner to bulldoze the property and remove piles of fire-scarred debris from the empty lots.—
George Avalos,
Mercury News,
30 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Alcantara left the mound with a lead, courtesy of the bottom of Miami’s lineup stringing together hits in the second.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
28 Mar. 2026
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Kansas City Royals ace Cole Ragans stumbled off the mound in the first inning of Friday evening’s season opener at Truist Park.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
28 Mar. 2026
Verb
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To stack the deck further, and to spur their champion into action, the writers throw in a sinister trio of private-equity investors who might as well arrive twirling their mustaches.—
Inkoo Kang,
New Yorker,
27 Mar. 2026
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For the second time since the 1980s, the Royals stacked together consecutive winning seasons.—
Sam McDowell,
Kansas City Star,
26 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Gontang notes that walking on an incline can make a substantial difference because walking uphill requires more muscle activation and greater energy expenditure than walking on a flat surface.—
Daryl Austin,
USA Today,
29 Mar. 2026
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Pitchers throw every day in season between competition days, bullpens, flat ground sessions and box drills off of an incline from 35 feet out.—
Shawn McFarland,
Dallas Morning News,
20 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Although the precipitation may be on the light side, very welcome rain and mountain snow will be common across the Intermountain West with multiple rounds through the week.—
Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
28 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
Noun
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But his landscape paintings of the stony canyons and craggy cliffs that define this part of the country seem to be everywhere these days.—
Ray Mark Rinaldi,
Denver Post,
30 Mar. 2026
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There’s a couple of reasons why AI earnings may soon reach a cliff and end up in a market correction.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
29 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Booker banked in a straight-away 3-pointer at the buzzer in the third quarter to give Phoenix a two-point lead.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
30 Mar. 2026
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On its final approach, the plane banked left, and in the last moments before landing, collided with the military helicopter over the Potomac River.—
Brit McCandless Farmer,
CBS News,
29 Mar. 2026
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“Hill.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hill. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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