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protuberance

[proh-too-ber-uhns, -tyoo-, pruh-] / proʊˈtu bər əns, -ˈtju-, prə- /


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But for thousands of years, all there was to show they had ever existed was a slight protuberance on the landscape.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

After friends and family suggested the protuberance might be a contender for the Guinness World Records, the couple submitted an application for “the world’s heaviest potato,” sat back and waited.

From New York Times ● Mar. 17, 2022

Consisting of four different species in Spain, horseshoe bats may be distinguished from other bats by the horseshoe shape of their leaf-like nose protuberance.

From Scientific American ● Aug. 31, 2017

Out of nowhere, it seems, there’s a painful protuberance at the lower end of the breastbone or ­sternum.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 31, 2017

She thought she could see the white protuberance of bone.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan


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