as in mountain
a small hill
a grassy knoll
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Recent Examples of knoll
The stucco and terracotta-roof structure, perched atop a two-parcel knoll spanning nearly half an acre, was built in the late 1920s and offers five bedrooms and six baths in roughly 4,500 square feet.
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Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 17 July 2025
The burden of your inquiry into this wrongful closure should rest squarely on the wrongdoer’s shoulders, not on those of the innocent public trying to access their beloved knoll.
—Letters To The Editor, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 May 2025
In Greenville, a one-room Chinese schoolhouse opened on a grassy knoll near the levee.
—Erika Hayasaki, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 May 2025
Tomkins added her own touch to the landscape, which comprises pleasantly untamed gardens on a wooded knoll with seasonal views of the nearby Hudson River.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 8 May 2025
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Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 17 July 2025
The burden of your inquiry into this wrongful closure should rest squarely on the wrongdoer’s shoulders, not on those of the innocent public trying to access their beloved knoll.
—Letters To The Editor, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 May 2025
In Greenville, a one-room Chinese schoolhouse opened on a grassy knoll near the levee.
—Erika Hayasaki, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 May 2025
Tomkins added her own touch to the landscape, which comprises pleasantly untamed gardens on a wooded knoll with seasonal views of the nearby Hudson River.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 8 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for knoll
Noun
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The Beat response reclaimed the mountain as sacred.—
Dennis McNally,
Rolling Stone,
7 Aug. 2025
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Liberation Peak – a rural map that takes place in the mountains of Tajikistan, with lots of open areas and potential for aerial combat.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
6 Aug. 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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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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On that June evening, as the sun set, throwing billows of magenta clouds in the western sky, Heckscher saw ferns, grass-like sedges and hummocks of mosses, all signs of a healthy wetland.—
Madeline Bodin,
Smithsonian Magazine,
17 May 2023
Noun
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In the coastal province of Shandong, flash floods destroyed 19 houses in foothill villages last week, killing two people and leaving 10 more missing, after half a year’s worth of rain fell in five hours overnight.—
Nectar Gan,
CNN Money,
28 July 2025
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The brothers grew up on a 160-acre ranch at the foothills of the Rocky Mountains in Alberta, Canada.—
Natalia Senanayake,
People.com,
28 July 2025
Noun
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Photos on social media showed dozens of bags of Happy Meals dumped outside a restaurant, as well as unclaimed food left sitting idly on self-pick-up tables, prompting public outcries of food wastage.—
Kathleen Magramo,
CNN Money,
13 Aug. 2025
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As a strike called by the members of Teamsters Local 25 stretches into its seventh straight week, Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey is demanding that waste management giant Republic Services return to the bargaining table and get the garbage picked up.—
Matthew Medsger,
Boston Herald,
13 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Her $100m pad features a private road connecting the coastal area of Wailea to the uplands of Kula via an inland route.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
30 July 2025
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The pygmy rattlesnake is usually found very near water and occasionally in rocky uplands, pine woods and glades.—
Gabrielle Chenault,
Nashville Tennessean,
13 June 2025
Noun
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So did ground vibrations from three B-52s dropping 324 500-pound bombs in the central highlands just to our west.—
Edward Lotterman,
Twin Cities,
27 July 2025
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Next up are the Andean highlands and a stay at a 4,000-acre working ranch, with a hike through pre-Inca ruins to a condor conservation center.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
14 July 2025
Noun
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Try removing the knob and spray some electrical contact cleaner down the shaft of the knob.—
John Paul Senior Manager Public Affairs And Traffic Safety Aaa Northeast,
Hartford Courant,
10 Aug. 2025
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Tactile switches, knobs, and handles also help connect Scout drivers with their vehicle.—
Dennis Lewon,
Outside Online,
25 July 2025
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“Knoll.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knoll. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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