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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
from atop the ness, there was a beautiful view of the coastline as it stretched for miles into the distance
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as in cape
an area of land that juts out into a body of water
the little skiff rounded the tip of the ness
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Recent Examples of ness
The first is about her constant tardiness for the party-ness (ohhhhh, ohhhhh).
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Brian Moylan, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2026
The sequel doubles down on the original’s meta-ness.
—Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Mar. 2026
United were at Sunderland that day and Carrick’s Newcastle-ness comes through.
—Michael Walker, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2026
But electability is neither a code word for, nor tantamount to, white-male-ness.
—Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 5 Feb. 2026
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Brian Moylan, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2026
The sequel doubles down on the original’s meta-ness.
—Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Mar. 2026
United were at Sunderland that day and Carrick’s Newcastle-ness comes through.
—Michael Walker, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2026
But electability is neither a code word for, nor tantamount to, white-male-ness.
—Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 5 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ness
Noun
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Formed in Basel, Switzerland, in 1974, Hesperion XXI derives its name from the Classical Greek word for the people of the Italian and Iberian peninsulas.—
Sheila Regan,
Twin Cities,
29 Mar. 2026
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No other luxury hotels will crowd Peninsula Papagayo, though—part of a ruling by the Costa Rica government to protect 70 percent of the peninsula's dry tropical forest.—
Laura Dannen Redman,
Condé Nast Traveler,
28 Mar. 2026
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His girlfriend, Leona Alvarado, also 16 and from Georgia, wore a matching American flag dress and cape and cowboy boots.—
Sarah Bahari,
Dallas Morning News,
28 Mar. 2026
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Filling the capes of the trio audiences watched grow up will be Dominic McLaughlin as Harry Potter, Arabella Stanton as Hermione Granger and Alastair Stout as Ron Weasley.—
Charlotte Reck,
CNN Money,
26 Mar. 2026
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Because of this, most lawyers take their filings very seriously and are hesitant to use AI for too much at this point.—
Wendy Hickey,
Boston Herald,
5 Apr. 2026
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UConn turned to Reed, who had 11 points in 18 first-half minutes, to end a five-minute scoring drought with a hook shot.—
Joe Arruda,
Hartford Courant,
5 Apr. 2026
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The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), seen as the most powerful arm of the regime, with both military and economic reach, appears to remain firmly in control and may be in a stronger position than before the conflict, experts say.—
Abigail Williams,
NBC news,
2 Apr. 2026
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MIFFest has also entered a new collaboration with Kampong Film Lab, the filmmaker development arm of the Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival (JAFF), which will serve as program activation partner.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
2 Apr. 2026
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Wailua Nui Luau is set near on a grassy promontory overlooking the mouth of the Wailua River, one of the most important ancient Hawaiian sites in the entire state.—
Ben Davidson,
Mercury News,
16 Mar. 2026
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In the morning, after a hike through the village’s veins and up a rocky promontory topped with a statue of the Virgin Mary, the Belvedere della Madonnina astounds us with views onto the steep hills and Cala Feola—the island’s second, smaller port and Ponza’s only sandy beach.—
Kristina Kasparian,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Mar. 2026
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The cost of upgrading the local levee is about three times the town's total annual budget.—
Rebecca Hersher,
NPR,
30 Mar. 2026
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But farming communities nationwide have been adversely affected by the president's tariff policy, as global trading partners scaled back agricultural purchases like soybeans in retaliation for higher levees.—
Jennifer Jacobs,
CBS News,
17 Mar. 2026
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The film crystallized during a two-week residency at Prospect Cottage in Dungeness, the remote coastal headland that served as the home of the late artist-filmmaker Derek Jarman.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
11 Mar. 2026
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To keep every generation happy, there’s both a family pool and an adults-only swimming pool, sweeping around the headland.—
Harriet Compston,
Condé Nast Traveler,
9 Feb. 2026
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“Ness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ness. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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