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as in peninsula
an area of high ground jutting out into a body of water beyond the line of the coast
from atop the ness, there was a beautiful view of the coastline as it stretched for miles into the distance
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as in cape
an area of land that juts out into a body of water
the little skiff rounded the tip of the ness
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Recent Examples of ness
The first is about her constant tardiness for the party-ness (ohhhhh, ohhhhh).
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Brian Moylan, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2026
The sequel doubles down on the original’s meta-ness.
—Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Mar. 2026
United were at Sunderland that day and Carrick’s Newcastle-ness comes through.
—Michael Walker, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2026
But electability is neither a code word for, nor tantamount to, white-male-ness.
—Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 5 Feb. 2026
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Brian Moylan, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2026
The sequel doubles down on the original’s meta-ness.
—Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Mar. 2026
United were at Sunderland that day and Carrick’s Newcastle-ness comes through.
—Michael Walker, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2026
But electability is neither a code word for, nor tantamount to, white-male-ness.
—Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 5 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ness
Noun
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Frankincense is an aromatic resin harvested from Boswellia trees in northern Africa and the Arabian peninsula.—
Scott Horsley,
NPR,
9 Apr. 2026
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But this coming September, country fans and artists will gather on the beaches of Cabo San Lucas for the very first multi-day country concert in the oceanside town on the Baja California peninsula.—
Joseph Hudak,
Rolling Stone,
8 Apr. 2026
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Sherry still remembers the feeling of taking off the cape, stepping out of the salon chair, and getting a good look at his hair system.—
Luke Chinman,
PEOPLE,
13 Apr. 2026
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Founded by a mother-daughter duo, Sweet Wink makes dress-up fun with kits, capes and tutus for screen-free fun.—
Tory Johnson,
ABC News,
13 Apr. 2026
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The point of cinematic realism is the inner life, and the miracle of movies is their power to portray subjectivity, though few filmmakers manage to attain that power—even despite their best efforts.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
12 Apr. 2026
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The order matters, because most states use figures from the federal tax form as the starting point for their state tax calculations.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
12 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Ahmad Lahham, 48, waved the yellow Hezbollah flag standing on a mountain of rubble that used to be his apartment building, which had also housed a branch of Hezbollah’s financial arm, Al-Qard Al-Hassan.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
17 Apr. 2026
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Bain rushes the passer with bad intentions, which covers for his shorter-than-desired arm length (30 7/8 inches) for his position.—
Chris Perkins,
Sun Sentinel,
16 Apr. 2026
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From the near-panoramic window of our room at the Spindrift, we were greeted each morning by sea otters floating on their backs in the kelp beds, pods of dolphins arcing through the swell and the occasional seal hauled out on a nearby promontory.—
Alexandra Genova,
TheWeek,
7 Apr. 2026
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Wailua Nui Luau is set near on a grassy promontory overlooking the mouth of the Wailua River, one of the most important ancient Hawaiian sites in the entire state.—
Ben Davidson,
Mercury News,
16 Mar. 2026
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Declines in groundwater levels have in recent years caused household wells to sputter and run dry, streams and wetlands to dry up, and land to sink, damaging canals and levees.—
Ian James,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Apr. 2026
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The cost of upgrading the local levee is about three times the town's total annual budget.—
Rebecca Hersher,
NPR,
30 Mar. 2026
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The film crystallized during a two-week residency at Prospect Cottage in Dungeness, the remote coastal headland that served as the home of the late artist-filmmaker Derek Jarman.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
11 Mar. 2026
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To keep every generation happy, there’s both a family pool and an adults-only swimming pool, sweeping around the headland.—
Harriet Compston,
Condé Nast Traveler,
9 Feb. 2026
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“Ness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ness. Accessed 17 Apr. 2026.
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