as in cloak
a sleeveless garment worn so as to hang over the shoulders, arms, and back
the mysterious figure wrapped his cape tightly around his shoulders
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as in peninsula
an area of land that juts out into a body of water
residents fled the cape as the hurricane roared up the coast
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Recent Examples of cape
Hedy Phillips, PEOPLE, 8 June 2026
Cape May, New Jersey At New Jersey's southernmost point, Cape May is an enchanting Victorian resort town set on a sandy cape with miles of beaches.
—Kira Turnbull, Travel + Leisure, 6 June 2026
Lyman, along with Eric Tobin of Hopeless Records and Mike Kaminsky of KMGMT, who also teaches at USC, got together to create the Summer School tour, a traveling group of emerging pop-punk and indie acts, to try to fill the void left after Warped Tour temporarily hung up its cape in 2019.
—Charlie Vargas, Daily News, 4 June 2026
North of the cape was civilization and the cities of light.
—David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 2 June 2026
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Her floor-length gown was topped by a cape covered in feathers that caught the light, changing from blue to black to green.
—Hedy Phillips, PEOPLE, 8 June 2026
Cape May, New Jersey At New Jersey's southernmost point, Cape May is an enchanting Victorian resort town set on a sandy cape with miles of beaches.
—Kira Turnbull, Travel + Leisure, 6 June 2026
Lyman, along with Eric Tobin of Hopeless Records and Mike Kaminsky of KMGMT, who also teaches at USC, got together to create the Summer School tour, a traveling group of emerging pop-punk and indie acts, to try to fill the void left after Warped Tour temporarily hung up its cape in 2019.
—Charlie Vargas, Daily News, 4 June 2026
North of the cape was civilization and the cities of light.
—David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 2 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cape
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Throughout history, kings, queens and other members of the royal family have donned luxurious fur stoles, floor-length fur coats, capes with mink trims and cloaks with ermine edges (that's weasel fur).—
Jennifer Hassan,
USA Today,
14 June 2026
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There are also some genuinely suspenseful beats amid the more outrageous flourishes, which include the killer concealing a chainsaw under their cloak and a karate instructor blaming a violent assault on having ingested bad chop suey.—
Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
9 June 2026
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The 35-room Villa Miraé is a much-welcome exception that mirrors the peninsula’s tony mansions with its elegant take on the Riviera’s pastel Provençal architecture.—
Lane Nieset,
Travel + Leisure,
13 June 2026
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Tradewinds and currents there carry the seaweed west, first through the Caribbean, then into the Gulf and eventually around the Florida peninsula.—
Bill Kearney,
Sun Sentinel,
12 June 2026
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The Spurs stayed cold, allowing the Knicks to tie the game on Brunson’s 40th point – a high layup off the top of the glass with Wembanyama on the bench.—
Kyle Feldscher,
CNN Money,
14 June 2026
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Brunson scored 13 consecutive points in the fourth quarter for the Knicks, who overcame double-digit deficits in all four of their victories against the Spurs.—
Tim Reynolds,
Los Angeles Times,
14 June 2026
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Be sure to cover your head and neck with your arms, and crawl under a sturdy table if possible.—
CA Earthquake Bot,
Sacbee.com,
19 June 2026
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One depicts Putin being cradled in the arms of the Soviet dictator Josef Stalin.—
Vanessa Gera,
Los Angeles Times,
18 June 2026
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“Cape.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cape. Accessed 19 Jun. 2026.
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