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ness

noun

ˈnes

Definition of ness

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 Kubiak is definitely going to have his offensive guru-ness tested. — Mike Sando, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026 The quality of the coffee seems a bit underwhelming, and its bitterness drowns out much of the perceptible campfire-ness. — Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 1 Sep. 2026 To bear witness to horrors visited on us by those forces at work in the world that would strip us of our humanity is perhaps the best act of human-ness open to us. — Literary Hub, 13 Aug. 2026 Shea Whigham provides exceptional levels of Shea Whigham-ness as a friendly federal agent (and ex-client) whose health issues elicit deeper conversations than their professional obligations require. — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 7 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for ness

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Since then, getting to the movies has generally meant traveling for more than an hour each way for the 125,000 full-time residents of the peninsula.

— Sam Fleischner, IndieWire, 14 Oct. 2026
Waves battered a century-old wooden boardwalk on the Long Beach peninsula and forced homeowners to evacuate.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of peninsula

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This includes selecting suitable cutting tools, refining machining procedures, and incorporating robotic arms into assembly tasks.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2026
With the vendors already finished, a last-minute review revealed a sweat stain under Spider-Man’s arm.

— Davide Abbatescianni, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of arm

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The helicopter was configured for a 100-foot longline rescue, and after reaching the promontory, a tactical flight officer was lowered to the victim who was able to stand and be hooked to the rescue line and lifted off the bluff.

— Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026
Topkapi Palace, built in the 15th century on a strategic promontory at the edge of Europe, was the seat of the Ottoman Empire for nearly 400 years.

— Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of promontory

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The state is pre-positioning more than 4 million sandbags, more than 50,000 feet of portable flood barriers and 400,000 tons of rock to repair levees.

— Adrian Florido, NPR, 11 Oct. 2026
It was meant to be part of the state treasury to restore water conveyance capacity and help fund delta levee projects down the road.

— Carmela Karcher, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of levee

Noun

One of the biggest changes was to replace the long, rock groins originally proposed with short, landscaped headlands.

— Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Aug. 2026
Twenty-one hundred miles can already be walked, allowing visitors to view England’s famous headlands, cliffs, beaches, and dunes, as well as castles, oceanside resorts, and wartime relics.

— Gloria Liu, Travel + Leisure, 20 July 2026

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