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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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Watch rescuers save snowboarder after 100-foot fall Emergency officials were airlifted to a mountain ridge above a snowfield to assist the man.—
Michelle Del Rey,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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The combination of the ridge and light drove excitons in one direction for four micrometers in less than half a nanosecond at room temperature.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Researchers have debated for decades how these dinosaurs used their signature dome.—
Jack Tamisiea,
Scientific American,
17 Sep. 2025
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That dome still rises above Skylight Inn today, and not much else has changed, either.—
Robert F. Moss,
Southern Living,
17 Sep. 2025
Noun
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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
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From just over a nearby hillock, a howl floated back.—
Sharon Bernstein,
Sacbee.com,
1 Aug. 2025
Noun
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By turning this knob, the business can strike a balance in the tradeoff between a model’s primary bottom-line/monetary value and the number of false positives and false negatives, as well as other KPIs.—
Eric Siegel,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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The cocotte has two handles and a lid fitted with a pumpkin stem knob.—
Maggie Horton,
PEOPLE,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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And thanks to the towering cliffs that shield the shoreline from strong winds, the beaches often stay warm even as the air cools.—
Stacey Leasca,
Travel + Leisure,
14 Sep. 2025
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These boulders, ranging in size from several meters to hundreds of meters and weighing up to a few tons, occasionally tumble down cliffs and crater walls, leaving bright tracks of disturbed lunar dust behind.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Sep. 2025
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“Sugarloaf.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sugarloaf. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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