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Recent Examples of hillock
Just an hour away, in New Canaan, Connecticut, Philip Johnson stowed his private painting gallery beneath a hillock and shut it behind a steel door.
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Justin Davidson, Curbed, 28 Apr. 2025
Around them, the country seems no less fantastical—jagged outcrops of pale rock, rising from low brown hillocks.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2025
An amalgamation of Hindu and Mughal architectural styles, Amer is perched atop a hillock surrounded by several other ancient structures and historic landmarks.
—Shalbha Sarda, Architectural Digest, 4 Mar. 2025
The shock is not the expanse alone but the density, the way every hillock and cavern is filled with incident and variety.
—Gabriel Winslow-Yost, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
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Justin Davidson, Curbed, 28 Apr. 2025
Around them, the country seems no less fantastical—jagged outcrops of pale rock, rising from low brown hillocks.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2025
An amalgamation of Hindu and Mughal architectural styles, Amer is perched atop a hillock surrounded by several other ancient structures and historic landmarks.
—Shalbha Sarda, Architectural Digest, 4 Mar. 2025
The shock is not the expanse alone but the density, the way every hillock and cavern is filled with incident and variety.
—Gabriel Winslow-Yost, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hillock
Noun
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The widow’s house has become our grassy knoll.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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Another location seems more likely, a mansion on a secluded knoll in Bloomfield Hills.—
Eric Shawn,
FOXNews.com,
26 July 2025
Noun
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Craters pitted the earth; hummocks rose and fell; downed trees jutted from slash heaps like the spars of shipwrecks.—
Ben Goldfarb,
Smithsonian Magazine,
13 Feb. 2024
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Its hummock was part of a wetland spiked with tamarack saplings and carpeted with wild cranberries.—
Paul A. Smith,
Journal Sentinel,
14 Aug. 2022
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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Dune and swale systems are globally rare; this topographic variation — upland in the dunes, lowland in the swales — combines with the region’s unique confluence of biomes — particularly oak savanna, prairie and wetlands — to pack a lot of biodiversity into the preserve’s 42 acres.—
Adriana Pérez,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Aug. 2025
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It's located in northern Arizona, encompassing about 278 miles of the Colorado River and adjacent uplands.—
Olivia Rose,
AZCentral.com,
18 Aug. 2025
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So far, the response has been strikingly muted given the eminence of the signatories.—
John Drake,
Forbes.com,
30 Aug. 2025
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Alterman used his cultural eminence to exhort the Israeli government to hold on to the territories taken in the war.—
David Remnick,
New Yorker,
28 July 2025
Noun
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Set in the rural highlands, the film follows two estranged brothers who reunite in the land of their birth.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
4 Sep. 2025
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Artemis cargo landers will deliver equipment to sites along the moon’s polar highlands, while crew members will complete daily sample retrieval runs.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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As of publication time, Simpson has reached 11 mountain peaks.—
David Chiu,
PEOPLE,
8 Sep. 2025
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So, building here is an homage to Aspen’s past, a way of honoring the pioneers who helped transform a quiet mountain town into an international destination.—
Jordi Lippe-McGraw,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Hillock.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hillock. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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