sugarloaf

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Recent Examples of sugarloaf In addition, there’s a 13.18-carat unmounted and unheated sugarloaf cabochon Kahmir sapphire with an estimate of $500,000 - $750,000. Anthony Demarco, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024 And a Graff ring featuring a Burmese sugarloaf sapphire of more than 30 carats may fetch $884,000. Tori Latham, Robb Report, 14 May 2024 Chao’s Morning Seine Bangle is a perfect example, its 50.53-carat cornflower-blue Sri Lanka sapphire in a sugarloaf cut surrounded by yellow and white diamonds, sapphires and rhodolites, all set in 18-karat yellow, white and rose gold. Laurie Brookins, Robb Report, 13 July 2022 Mad Mod Cuff in collaboration with Alice Cicolini for the Mad Mod Collection with a sugarloaf cut citrine stone and hand-painted enamel set in sterling silver with a touch of 14K gold. Beth Bernstein, Forbes, 8 Sep. 2021 Just offshore, on the park’s namesake island that looks like a sugarloaf, is a small colony of about 40 Humboldt penguins prowling the coast in search of food. Mark Johanson, chicagotribune.com, 8 Oct. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sugarloaf
Noun
  • If finding indoor shelter is not an option: Stay away from open fields, hill summits, or ridge tops.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 1 May 2025
  • If finding indoor shelter is not an option: Avoid open fields, the top of a hill, or a ridge top.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 1 May 2025
Noun
  • The blaze left Castle Howard in a state of utter destruction, with its soaring dome crumbled inwards and many of its stately rooms hollowed out.
    Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Apr. 2025
  • Make your vehicle more visible by using the dome light and flashers.
    Bay Area Weather Report, Mercury News, 27 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • 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.
    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
Noun
  • Simplicity is key to the design team's approach to the model; its windows crank and there are climate control knobs.
    Eileen Falkenberg-Hull, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 May 2025
  • Gi-hun twists the knob of a giant gumball machine that dispenses red and blue balls.
    Esther Kang, People.com, 5 May 2025
Noun
  • Linda is prepared to take matters into her own hands when Nicky orchestrates a drone attack to incapacitate her, after which Charity pushes Linda off the cliff to her death.
    Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 2 May 2025
  • The fiscal cliff was first reported by New York Focus in February.
    Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 1 May 2025

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“Sugarloaf.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sugarloaf. Accessed 12 May. 2025.

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