as in cloak
a sleeveless garment worn so as to hang over the shoulders, arms, and back
the mysterious figure wrapped his cape tightly around his shoulders
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as in peninsula
an area of land that juts out into a body of water
residents fled the cape as the hurricane roared up the coast
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Recent Examples of cape
Dan Greene,
New Yorker,
20 June 2026
Seven different looks rotate throughout the World Cup season, each one conceived by designer Ricardo Zuccolini, with Diana Dubinsky and her team at Wynwood studio’s DesignLab22 swathing the sea nymphs in capes inspired by FIFA teams’ country colors.
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Lilian Raji,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
Acra described it as a fresh take on her beloved caftans, pointing out the looped draping technique that forms a billowy cape at the back.
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Ari Stark,
Footwear News,
15 June 2026
The off-the-shoulder design featured a flowing cape that dropped down past her waist and created the illusion of sleeves.
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Chanel Vargas,
InStyle,
14 June 2026
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Revellers in Knicks capes pleaded their cases fruitlessly.
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Dan Greene,
New Yorker,
20 June 2026
Seven different looks rotate throughout the World Cup season, each one conceived by designer Ricardo Zuccolini, with Diana Dubinsky and her team at Wynwood studio’s DesignLab22 swathing the sea nymphs in capes inspired by FIFA teams’ country colors.
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Lilian Raji,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
Acra described it as a fresh take on her beloved caftans, pointing out the looped draping technique that forms a billowy cape at the back.
—
Ari Stark,
Footwear News,
15 June 2026
The off-the-shoulder design featured a flowing cape that dropped down past her waist and created the illusion of sleeves.
—
Chanel Vargas,
InStyle,
14 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cape
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Throughout premodern Europe, this is how she was known—the figure in the cloak with a stool on her back, walking to houses at all hours, day and night.
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Throughout history, kings, queens and other members of the royal family have donned luxurious fur stoles, floor-length fur coats, capes with mink trims and cloaks with ermine edges (that's weasel fur).
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More recently, Ukraine has attempted to choke off fuel deliveries to Crimea, the Black Sea peninsula illegally annexed by Moscow in early 2014.
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Stretching across 65 miles of Massachusetts coastline from Bourne and Falmouth near the mainland to Provincetown at the northern tip of the peninsula, Cape Cod is composed of 15 distinct towns.
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Aliyah Boston scored 15 of her 17 points and grabbed all seven of her rebounds in the first half to help Indiana build a 57-37 advantage.
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The point Algeria picked up for the draw gave them four for the tournament, one more than Iran gained in their three matches in Group G, and dropped Iran to the ninth spot among the third place teams, one shy of making the round of 32.
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Be sure to cover your head and neck with your arms, and crawl under a sturdy table if possible.
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According to officials, 31-year-old Brittany Clark, of Orlando, was swimming in the river when the alligator bit both of her arms and severed one.
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“Cape.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cape. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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