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Recent Examples of sugarloaf
The actress wore a Bulgari high jewelry necklace with a sugarloaf sapphire center stone to complete her look.
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Shannon Adducci, Robb Report, 5 May 2025
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
Shannon Adducci, Robb Report, 5 May 2025
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
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The subtropical ridge of high pressure, which brought extreme heat to the Midwest and southeastern United States last week, will shift westward and intensify by midweek.—
Mary Wasson,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
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Just a 10-minute drive from downtown, the Devil’s Backbone Open Space offers 12 miles of hiking trails along a dramatic ridge of jagged sandstone, offering views that rival any national park overlook.—
Karthika Gupta,
Forbes.com,
29 July 2025
Noun
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The United States has entered the peak of summer and a new heat dome — sealing in all that hot, humid air — is about to make millions of people feel every bit of it.—
Mary Gilbert,
CNN Money,
21 July 2025
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World Atlas recommends touring the bronze bell foundry, solar towers and concrete domes.—
Shelby Slade,
AZCentral.com,
21 July 2025
Noun
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With the Sayre’s prime setting on a hillock, guests have a clear view of the intact former Bethlehem Steel blast furnaces a few miles away.—
John Oseid,
Forbes.com,
10 July 2025
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There were ferric hillocks of oxidized green and chasms that tore through flat earth, at the bottom of which a ribbon of river caught the sunlight.—
Andrew Moore,
New York Times,
15 May 2025
Noun
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To study them, astronomers use complex models that have many knobs and switches.—
Andrej Prša,
The Conversation,
23 July 2025
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But its core design—gray screen, red frame, white knobs—largely remained the same.—
Aurora Martínez,
Smithsonian Magazine,
11 July 2025
Noun
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The hike comes with a rewarding payoff: The view of waters rushing off a cliff into a turquoise pool, a setting that's the crown jewel of the Havasupai Indian Reservation.—
Michael Salerno,
AZCentral.com,
25 July 2025
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Magic wrote alongside a photo of the happy group, posed on the deck, in front of a dramatic backdrop of seaside cliffs.—
Hannah Sacks,
People.com,
24 July 2025
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“Sugarloaf.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sugarloaf. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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