sand dune

noun

: a hill of sand near an ocean or in a desert that is formed by the wind

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This is the sand dune landscape as reinterpreted as reinterpreted through the eyes of an artist or a sculpture. Lee Sharrock, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025 In August 1973, three children who regularly played atop the East Coast’s tallest active sand dune system spied a bulldozer that hadn’t been there before. Amy Brecount White, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 May 2025 The sandy soil moves due to wind, like a sand dune. Tom Mullen, Forbes.com, 1 June 2025 Go hiking, hand gliding, or sand boarding at Jockey’s Ridge State Park, home to the tallest living sand dune system on the Atlantic coast. Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 23 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for sand dune

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“Sand dune.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sand%20dune. Accessed 29 Jun. 2025.

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