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With Secrets Baby Beach Aruba, a popular all-inclusive resort, slated to open in June 2025, and the third annual Aruba Art Fair set to take the city in October, my instinct tells me San Nicolas is on the precipice of becoming the next hot spot.
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Danielle Robles, Travel + Leisure, 10 June 2025
Most of the coast is ringed by cliffs, bringing you straight to the precipice of the vast deep blue.
—Jennifer Leigh Parker, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
Three years later, he’s led this team to the precipice of a title.
—Zak Keefer, New York Times, 20 June 2025
Both apply to the Thunder, whose 120-109 victory over the Indiana Pacers in Game 5 has them on the precipice of their first championship since moving to Oklahoma City some 17 years ago.
—Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 19 June 2025
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Danielle Robles, Travel + Leisure, 10 June 2025
Most of the coast is ringed by cliffs, bringing you straight to the precipice of the vast deep blue.
—Jennifer Leigh Parker, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
Three years later, he’s led this team to the precipice of a title.
—Zak Keefer, New York Times, 20 June 2025
Both apply to the Thunder, whose 120-109 victory over the Indiana Pacers in Game 5 has them on the precipice of their first championship since moving to Oklahoma City some 17 years ago.
—Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 19 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for precipice
Noun
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Hours later, a woman died in a fall from the cliff in a separate incident, sheriff’s officials told news outlets.—
Don Sweeney,
Sacbee.com,
30 June 2025
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Taken in Madagascar at the end of the dry season, the courageous lemur risks a harrowing jump from a towering cliff to another -- carrying her baby along for the ride.—
Cecilia Rodriguez,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2025
Noun
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As sunrise paints the rocks crimson only the call of baboons echoing between rocky escarpments punctuates the silence.—
Chloe Berge,
Outside Online,
17 June 2025
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Fun fact: The Pine Ridge is a 100-mile-long escarpment of sandstone bluffs and the main geologic feature of northwest Nebraska.—
Brian Higgins,
Outside Online,
20 May 2025
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“Precipice.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/precipice. Accessed 10 Jul. 2025.
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