as in mountain
a small hill
a grassy knoll
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Recent Examples of knoll
Your favorite comfortable Connecticut town has a deep Hollywood history, with films ranging from The Music Man to The Lost Boys all relying on those same winding streets and grassy knolls.
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Mara Reinstein, Architectural Digest, 30 Oct. 2025
The bending roads and lilting knolls of College Grove, Tennessee, about 45 minutes south of Nashville, are still verdant in the late August heat.
—Nick Remsen, Vogue, 24 Oct. 2025
My Spanish-style duplex sat perched on a knoll just below the Griffith Observatory.
—Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2025
The widow’s house has become our grassy knoll.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
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Mara Reinstein, Architectural Digest, 30 Oct. 2025
The bending roads and lilting knolls of College Grove, Tennessee, about 45 minutes south of Nashville, are still verdant in the late August heat.
—Nick Remsen, Vogue, 24 Oct. 2025
My Spanish-style duplex sat perched on a knoll just below the Griffith Observatory.
—Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2025
The widow’s house has become our grassy knoll.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for knoll
Noun
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Designed by Hong Kong wunderkind Andre Fu, the hotel’s serene interiors balance understated Japanese influences with extraordinary harbor, city, and mountain views.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Feb. 2026
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The whole mountain rumbles when an avalanche rolls off it.—
Issy Ronald,
CNN Money,
22 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Take, for example, a bowl of artichoke purée poured around a hillock of tender Jonah crab.—
Helen Rosner,
New Yorker,
11 Jan. 2026
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Terrazzo slabs of terrine with good brown bread and a hillock of cornichons.—
The Bon Appétit Staff,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
12 Sep. 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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Those in the mountain/foothill communities who are without power from the recent storm will be especially impacted.—
Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado,
Sacbee.com,
20 Feb. 2026
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Tiffany Yap, urban wildlands science director at the Center for Biological Diversity, said in addition, the status upgrade can influence foothill and mountain development land use.—
Steve Scauzillo,
Daily News,
28 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The in-room kitchenette and outdoor dining table simplify mealtimes as well.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
20 Feb. 2026
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But the table is so congested that putting any kind of winning run together could make a real difference while the teams above them are distracted by European commitments.—
Oliver Kay,
New York Times,
20 Feb. 2026
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Expansive tracts of upland pine and hardwood forests frame the trails, while the seepage slopes host carnivorous pitcher plants, terrestrial orchids, and other rare species.—
Carrie Honaker,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Feb. 2026
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With an itinerary that can swing from luaus to local restaurants and misty uplands to deep-sea diving, Hawaii demands a packing list as versatile as the islands themselves.—
Natalie Hammond,
Condé Nast Traveler,
30 Jan. 2026
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Frantic and crying, Manuela called her mother, a middle-aged farmer in the remote central highlands of Ecuador, who, from so far away and not knowing where else to turn, sent a WhatsApp audio message to me.—
Jordan Salama,
New Yorker,
19 Feb. 2026
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For his latest documentary the German filmmaker behind Grizzly Man and Cave of Forgotten Dreams follows conservation biologist and National Geographic Explorer Steve Boyes on his obsessive quest to find the mythical ghost elephants of Lisima in the highlands of Angola.—
Katie Kilkenny,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The knobs on the stove, the refrigerator handles, the drawer pulls, and the kitchen light switches all need a good scrub and disinfecting.—
Melissa Locker,
Southern Living,
16 Feb. 2026
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For years, simple pine chests with large, circular knobs have been a dime a dozen at antique stores.—
Heather Bien,
Martha Stewart,
31 Jan. 2026
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“Knoll.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knoll. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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