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tufts

noun

plural of tuft

as in hills

a rounded natural geographic elevation a cottage set on a tuft of land

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Recent Examples of tufts Last May at the Cannes Film Festival, Cruz sported Chanel’s contemporary elegance, wearing a black gown with an asymmetrical cut and tufts of black fabric on the shoulder and right thigh. — Erin Wisti, Footwear News, 11 Oct. 2026 The tufts on Gonzo’s head have always been called feathers rather than hair, and his longtime girlfriend, Camilla, is a chicken. — Niranjana Rajalakshmi, Popular Science, 24 Sep. 2026 In the near distance a great grey boulder rose above the red tufts. — Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026 With all the hair growing out from his sides, his beard and going up into these bushy tufts at the top. — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 18 Sep. 2026 Wire cables, arranged in clusters across a gallery floor, conjure tufts of grass. — Carolina A. Miranda, The New York Review of Books, 5 Sep. 2026 Towering ears with wispy tufts, massive paws, a shaggy coat and a tail that seems built to wrap around its body like a scarf. — Pat Mueller, USA Today, 14 Aug. 2026 Giant trees with fluffy white seed tufts surround the aptly named Cottonwood Inn Bed and Breakfast, which has six rooms plus a carriage house within walking distance of Empire Beach. — Robert Annis, Midwest Living, 24 June 2026 Golden silk spiders have a more reddish yellow abdomen with circular patterns as well as tufts of hair on the legs. — Eva Flowe june 4, Charlotte Observer, 4 June 2026

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Noun

The entertaining spaces, including the adjoining living and dining rooms, are framed by large windows that look out on the rolling hills.

— Tori Latham, Robb Report, 16 Oct. 2026
The area is sparsely populated with private estates set atop hills or within canyons, making firefighting access difficult.

— Tom Tapp, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of hills

Noun

Its elevated setting offers sweeping views across the surrounding countryside towards Gibraltar and, on clear days, the mountains of North Africa.

— Jamie Carter, Space.com, 18 Oct. 2026
The first segment of the new season, hosted by Norah O’Donnell, was about a fighter pilot, code-named Bravo, whose plane was shot down over mountains in Iran.

— Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2026

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Bogs tend to keep their secrets low to the ground, where colors shift by inches and boundaries blur in gradients of tiny mounds of moss and sedges emerging from pools.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026
In 1900, an archaeologist documented 51 Native American mounds at what’s now Casper Bluff Land and Water Reserve, 5 miles outside Galena.

— Julia Sayers Gokhale, Midwest Living, 14 Oct. 2026

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