1
as in piles
a quantity of things thrown or stacked on one another
the ants made little hills of dirt
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2
as in mounds
an area of high ground
a town nestled in a valley surrounded by green hills
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as in inclines
an upward slope
I got stuck behind a truck going up a hill in a no-passing zone
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as in banks
to form into a pile or ridge of earth
hilled peat moss around the rosebushes to protect them from the freeze
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Recent Examples of hills
NPR, 4 Apr. 2026
In less than 10 minutes, a wooden bridge deposits us on the doorstep of a cinematic landscape that unfurls into a seemingly endless patchwork of rolling hills and glens in hues of umber, cinnamon, and ochre, flanked by mountains standing sentinel on either side.
—Jen Murphy, Robb Report, 4 Apr. 2026
While the southern end of the park is known for its high concentration of petrified wood, the northern end has jaw-dropping views of the Painted Desert, the colorful expanse of hills, buttes, and mesas in Arizona’s high desert.
—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 4 Apr. 2026
This landscape is the quintessential Ozarks, with rolling hills and karst topography that forms caves, sinkholes, and springs in the bedrock.
—Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 3 Apr. 2026
The rolling hills near Nebo, Illinois, contain more than 1,200 acres of fertile mushroom ground.
—Midwest Living, 3 Apr. 2026
That jump, which is among the highest since Gratz started the business in 2011, is fueled by powderhounds subscribing to get the latest in-depth weather updates for their favorite ski hills across the world.
—Max Scheinblum, Denver Post, 3 Apr. 2026
There are hills in the distance, and the fog is down low.
—Literary Hub, 3 Apr. 2026
As the train pulled into the precincts of Guilin, Martha and Joost gazed out the window at a series of pointy green hills poking up out of bright-orange soil.
—Cassandra Neyenesch, New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2026
Noun
For most of the year, the animals roam the island’s northern pastures, hills and cliffs, but in the days before Christmas, they’re rounded up and brought to the shearing pens.
—NPR, 4 Apr. 2026
In less than 10 minutes, a wooden bridge deposits us on the doorstep of a cinematic landscape that unfurls into a seemingly endless patchwork of rolling hills and glens in hues of umber, cinnamon, and ochre, flanked by mountains standing sentinel on either side.
—Jen Murphy, Robb Report, 4 Apr. 2026
While the southern end of the park is known for its high concentration of petrified wood, the northern end has jaw-dropping views of the Painted Desert, the colorful expanse of hills, buttes, and mesas in Arizona’s high desert.
—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 4 Apr. 2026
This landscape is the quintessential Ozarks, with rolling hills and karst topography that forms caves, sinkholes, and springs in the bedrock.
—Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 3 Apr. 2026
The rolling hills near Nebo, Illinois, contain more than 1,200 acres of fertile mushroom ground.
—Midwest Living, 3 Apr. 2026
That jump, which is among the highest since Gratz started the business in 2011, is fueled by powderhounds subscribing to get the latest in-depth weather updates for their favorite ski hills across the world.
—Max Scheinblum, Denver Post, 3 Apr. 2026
There are hills in the distance, and the fog is down low.
—Literary Hub, 3 Apr. 2026
As the train pulled into the precincts of Guilin, Martha and Joost gazed out the window at a series of pointy green hills poking up out of bright-orange soil.
—Cassandra Neyenesch, New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hills
Noun
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On Saturday morning, piles of bricks and mud were all that were left, along with blankets, cooking utensils and other personal belongings salvaged from the rubble and set into a pile.—
Elena Becatoros,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Apr. 2026
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Start with one dedicated space and make piles for keep, toss, and donate.—
Alora Bopray,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2026
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The soft glow of lanterns against ancient mounds turns a seemingly simple walk into a reflective, cinematic journey through American history.—
Rafael Peña,
Miami Herald,
20 Mar. 2026
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Huge snow piles, huge snow mounds.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
10 Mar. 2026
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The story follows struggling creatives navigating debt, eviction threats and a precarious gig economy, visualized in Riley’s inventive style — from looming piles of eviction notices to characters literally struggling up and down steep inclines that mirror the instability of their lives.—
Deborah Sengupta Stith,
Austin American Statesman,
17 Mar. 2026
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Servicing a mountainous areas like Escondido drives up costs, as an expensive network of pipes and pump stations is needed to move water up and down considerable inclines, said Kyle Morgan, the city’s acting director of utilities and wastewater.—
Lucas Robinson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Mar. 2026
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The group banks its seventh champ total.—
Pamela Bustios,
Billboard,
4 Nov. 2025
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To them, bank lending has multiplicative qualities whereby Bank A rents $100,000 from a saver, lends out $90,000 to a borrower who then banks the money at Bank B, only for Bank B to lend out $81,000, only for the borrower to bank the $81,000 at Bank C that lends out $72,900.—
John Tamny,
Forbes.com,
31 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Seven stacks of tiny paper cups were arranged to the left, next to packets of Nescafé, pouches of two-minute noodles, and a double gas burner connected to the cylinder—the main tool of his trade.—
Nathan Heller,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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During the Catholic holiday of Palm Sunday, hundreds of pajareros from across the country flock to Mexico City and decorate 10-foot-tall stacks of cages, adorning them with bright flowers, tinsel and images of the Virgin of Guadalupe, Mexico’s patron saint.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
29 Mar. 2026
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The McLaughlin's spring break vacation to Colorado's mountains required a hard shift in plans following a historically warm and dry winter.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA Today,
31 Mar. 2026
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The storms delivered heavy rainfall directly into the Lake Tahoe basin, while also dumping substantial snowfall across the surrounding mountains.—
Amanda Greenwood,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Mar. 2026
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But now that jet stream is going on near-vertical, scream-inducing drops following by straight-up ascents.—
Seth Borenstein,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Mar. 2026
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But now that jet stream is barreling down near-vertical, scream-inducing drops, followed by straight-up ascents.—
Seth Borenstein,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Mar. 2026
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Like generations of potential treatments before it, KRSA-028 is designed to break down a protein called amyloid that clumps up in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients.—
Allison DeAngelis,
STAT,
18 Feb. 2026
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However, sometimes the abnormal IgA (the antibody that clumps up and causes problems) does run in families.—
Brandi Jones,
Health,
15 Jan. 2026
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“Hills.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hills. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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