as in cape
an area of land that juts out into a body of water
the peninsula is constantly buffeted by storms
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Recent Examples of peninsula
With its prime location on an 18-acre private peninsula on the quiet northeastern side of St. Bart’s, Le Guanahani gives travelers ample room to spread out.
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Laura Begley Bloom, AFAR Media, 27 Feb. 2025
One village in Haenam, a county that encompasses the southern extremity of the Korean peninsula, last registered a birth during the 1988 Seoul Olympics.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
The researchers found that another sharp increase occurred about 2,150 years ago, which coincides with the Roman conquest of the Greek peninsula in around 146 B.C.E.
—Ella Jeffries, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Feb. 2025
Now, in the face of a population decline, the economy of the peninsula depends on the largess of the Russian federal budget.
—Andrew Kosenko, Foreign Affairs, 5 Feb. 2025
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Laura Begley Bloom, AFAR Media, 27 Feb. 2025
One village in Haenam, a county that encompasses the southern extremity of the Korean peninsula, last registered a birth during the 1988 Seoul Olympics.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
The researchers found that another sharp increase occurred about 2,150 years ago, which coincides with the Roman conquest of the Greek peninsula in around 146 B.C.E.
—Ella Jeffries, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Feb. 2025
Now, in the face of a population decline, the economy of the peninsula depends on the largess of the Russian federal budget.
—Andrew Kosenko, Foreign Affairs, 5 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for peninsula
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At the brand’s fall 2025 show on Feb. 24, chief creative officer Daniel Lee sent coats, capes and trenches down the runway in the earthy dark browns, greens and burgundies pulled from the British countryside.—
Violet Goldstone,
WWD,
7 Mar. 2025
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Four of the dancers, representing wind, wear sheer, pleated capes with an iridescent sheen that attached to shoulder straps and arm bands.—
Marcia Luttrell,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 Mar. 2025
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Max Christie scored at least 15 points in each of his first seven games with the Mavericks.—
Stan Son,
The Athletic,
5 Mar. 2025
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 649 points, or 1.5%, and the Nasdaq composite slumped 2.6%.—
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4 Mar. 2025
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Some interlopers even made the treacherous journey around the rocky headland that flanks the resort’s half-moon bay to steal onto set.—
Charlie Campbell,
TIME,
24 Jan. 2025
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Also, as with the previous regional projects, so far there is no plan to include retention devices such as the artificial headlands and reef proposed in Oceanside.—
Philip Diehl,
The Mercury News,
30 Dec. 2024
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“Peninsula.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peninsula. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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