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
  • In the distance, rugged ridges east of San Diego began to appear over the horizon.
    Mariana Martínez Barba, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2025
  • The avalanche ran into a gully below the drifted ridge, traveling 400 vertical feet.
    Becca Longmire, People.com, 16 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Notre Dame and its renowned symbols — the golden helmets to match the dome atop the Main Building on campus, the Touchdown Jesus mural overlooking the football stadium — are recognizable worldwide.
    Ralph D. Russo, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Tropicana’s dome has always shielded the Rays from Florida’s high heat and relentless rain, the latter of which could wreak havoc on an MLB schedule that’s already undergone changes to accommodate the team’s relocation.
    Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 6 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The shock is not the expanse alone but the density, the way every hillock and cavern is filled with incident and variety.
    Gabriel Winslow-Yost, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
  • The entrance is through a structure that could be a brutalist one-car garage dug into a hillock.
    Patricia Marx, The New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2024
Noun
  • This metal lock has claws that grip onto the strike plate of a door, locking the knob in place once the door is closed.
    Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 31 Dec. 2024
  • Are automakers welcoming back physical knobs and switches?
    Morgan Korn, ABC News, 22 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • One possible tailwind for drug M&A: a coming patent cliff.
    Alex Knapp, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
  • Although part of the Thai mainland, Railay Beach is sometimes mistaken for an island because it’s cut off from its surroundings by impenetrable karst limestone cliffs and dense mangrove forests.
    Nicholas DeRenzo, AFAR Media, 13 Jan. 2025

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“Sugarloaf.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sugarloaf. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.

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