: a hill or ridge of sand piled up by the wind
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We wandered over the dunes.
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The red dunes of Namibia was truly a once-in-a-lifetime experience.
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Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 30 Nov. 2025
For the last 20 years, Dinsdale has witnessed the transformation of Camber Sands, a 2-mile stretch of golden sand and dunes, from one of Britain’s most cherished stretches of coast into a front line of an escalating environmental crisis.
—Kara Fox, CNN Money, 29 Nov. 2025
The adorably stylish Demi is $200 off for Black Friday and comes in four soothing colors (cloud, dune, forest, and slate).
—Mark Marino, Bon Appetit Magazine, 27 Nov. 2025
But with wind, only the effects of its occurrence are ever visible — the ripples on the river water, the waving motion of tree branches, the dust devils rising up from the sides of a desert dune, the dishevelment of clothes occasioned by a particularly violent gust.
—Big Think, 18 Nov. 2025
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Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 30 Nov. 2025
For the last 20 years, Dinsdale has witnessed the transformation of Camber Sands, a 2-mile stretch of golden sand and dunes, from one of Britain’s most cherished stretches of coast into a front line of an escalating environmental crisis.
—Kara Fox, CNN Money, 29 Nov. 2025
The adorably stylish Demi is $200 off for Black Friday and comes in four soothing colors (cloud, dune, forest, and slate).
—Mark Marino, Bon Appetit Magazine, 27 Nov. 2025
But with wind, only the effects of its occurrence are ever visible — the ripples on the river water, the waving motion of tree branches, the dust devils rising up from the sides of a desert dune, the dishevelment of clothes occasioned by a particularly violent gust.
—Big Think, 18 Nov. 2025
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“Dune.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dune. Accessed 1 Dec. 2025.
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dune
noun
: a hill or ridge of sand piled up by the wind
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