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as in peninsula
an area of high ground jutting out into a body of water beyond the line of the coast stood on the windswept promontory overlooking the bay

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as in cape
an area of land that juts out into a body of water Cape May is Delaware Bay's largest promontory

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Recent Examples of promontory Trinidad State Beach This beach runs along the western shore of this picturesque oceanside village, starting just north of Trinidad Head, a rocky promontory that shelters Trinidad Harbor and offers 360-degree coastal views along a 1.3-mile trail loop. Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 1 July 2024 Agate Beach, Sue-meg State Park This long, narrow beach stretches north from the dramatic, lushly forested promontory that makes up Sue-meg State Park, north of Trinidad. Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 1 July 2024 The Gargano This picturesque promontory on Puglia’s northernmost coastline is dominated by Gargano National Park, where the scenery changes from beaches to mountains in just a few miles. Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 3 June 2024 Boundary Cone is a geologic promontory — a high point of land — near the Black Mountains in Mohave County. Helena Wegner, Sacramento Bee, 24 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for promontory 
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Noun
  • Together with Dirk Hartog Island, this remote peninsula makes up Shark Bay, or Gutharraguda in the local language, a UNESCO World Heritage site 500 miles north of Perth in Western Australia.
    Keith Drew, AFAR Media, 16 Jan. 2025
  • But there were no major battlefield breakthroughs, and one of the biggest goals of the Ukrainian military (splitting Russian troops on the Crimean peninsula from troops in the Donbas, the east of Ukraine) did not come to pass.
    Bryan Walsh, Vox, 30 Dec. 2024
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  • To show off her new look, Fox channeled ’90s menswear fashion in a colorful floral-print shirt with pointy lapels paired with a black tuxedo cape, matching baggy pants and chunky brown leather loafers.
    Renan Botelho, WWD, 17 Jan. 2025
  • David Corenswet is the new guy in the red cape, Rachel Brosnahan plays ace journalist/love interest Lois Lane and Nicholas Hoult co-stars as villainous Lex Luthor in an adventure that introduces Superman's best friend: Krypto the dog.
    Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 10 Jan. 2025
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  • The plan calls for pumping nearly a million cubic yards of sand from offshore deposits onto the beach, holding the sand there between two artificial headlands and building an artificial reef to protect it.
    Philip Diehl, The Mercury News, 30 Dec. 2024
  • Gusts up to 70 mph are possible on beaches and headlands.
    Hallie Golden and Christopher Weber, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Nov. 2024
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  • Morant, averaging about 21 points and 8 assists this season, was held to just 10 points on 5-of-13 shooting.
    Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 27 Jan. 2025
  • And if Moriarty managed to survive the waterfall, what are the odds that Holmes will show up at some point in the series?
    Samantha Highfill, EW.com, 27 Jan. 2025

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“Promontory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/promontory. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.

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