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nesses

noun

plural of ness

as in peninsulas

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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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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Noun

Permafrost changes underway in 2026 The Seward and Baldwin peninsulas in northwestern Alaska are hot spots for lakes suddenly draining.

— Anna Liljedahl, The Conversation, 26 Aug. 2026
North Country National Scenic Trail spans eight states, including more than 1,100 miles in Michigan through urban and rural areas in the Upper and Lower peninsulas.

— Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of peninsulas

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Tracing the length of one of these wild, winding promontories is the glorious, 46-mile Queen Charlotte Track, says Helen Pickles in The Times.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 30 Aug. 2026
The promontories rising on each side of the Strait of Gibraltar are known as the Pillars of Hercules.

— Elizabeth Fernandez, Big Think, 4 Sep. 2025

Definition of promontories

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This year, Oura, one of the tournament’s sponsors, set up a recovery station near Court 5 with thermal imaging to test body temperature and cooling stations to relax between points.

— Aaron Short, Curbed, 3 Sep. 2026
The 24-year-old had a career-high 56 points last season and is entering the final year of a two-year, $3 million average annual value contract.

— Peter Baugh, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of points

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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

Definition of headlands

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Before floodwater began to rise, Abigail Erikson hadn’t planned to spend hours filling sandbags to save the community of Rocky Ripple as levees threatened failure.

— Jen Guadarrama, IndyStar, 20 Aug. 2026
Another problem human measures like dams and levees seem to have created, the team argues, is a perception of safety.

— Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 9 Aug. 2026

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