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Recent Examples of sugarloaf
The actress wore a Bulgari high jewelry necklace with a sugarloaf sapphire center stone to complete her look.
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Shannon Adducci, Robb Report, 5 May 2025
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
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
Shannon Adducci, Robb Report, 5 May 2025
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
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
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Video footage captured by Baldes and shared by the outlet shows the rescue operation, with the teens helping the group down the snowy ridge as one held onto their dog.—
Gabrielle Rockson,
PEOPLE,
28 Jan. 2026
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Right next door, just over the ridge, Big Cottonwood also has two ski resorts, with Brighton snagging Utah’s second place at 502 and Solitude clocking in at 471.—
Larry Olmsted,
Forbes.com,
28 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Designed to offer high-quality sound and upholstered with a robust textile skin, the WiiM Sound Lite features a 4-inch, long-throw woofer as well as a couple of 1-inch silk-dome tweeters.—
Mark Sparrow,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Crews will now move toward dome hoisting and main pipeline welding.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
28 Jan. 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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The men claimed a pair of metal folding chairs set beside the campfire; Adi found a seat on a big knob of driftwood.—
Jonathan Miles,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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Protect Hardware When Painting Painting can result in a real mess when stray streaks and drips land on handles, knobs, and pulls.—
Hallie Milstein,
Southern Living,
26 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Tucked along the San Diego coastline and surrounded by sandstone cliffs, La Jolla Cove is home to scores of seals, sea lions, and their pups.—
Alanna Bennett,
Condé Nast Traveler,
26 Jan. 2026
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Paddleboards are disembarked next to an unassuming cliff face.—
Tristan Rutherford,
Robb Report,
26 Jan. 2026
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“Sugarloaf.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sugarloaf. Accessed 3 Feb. 2026.
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