cairns

plural of cairn

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for cairns
Noun
  • Greenwood State Beach unfolds below the bluff, a crescent of sand often empty but for driftwood piles and the occasional bonfire ring.
    Lauren Mowery, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Many prefer soft beds or blankets, while others are drawn to unusual objects such as laundry piles, cardboard boxes, or even shoes.
    Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • There are mounds of commentary on Marlowe—historical, biographical, critical, and wildly fantastical—and all sorts of reasons to add to the heap.
    Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Summer's berry bounties and mounds of melons are fleeting.
    Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 31 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Cadence has tools for data center design as well as its traditional semiconductor design and in semiconductors their tools can also work with 3D stacks of die and include Multiphysics digital twin simulation.
    Thomas Coughlin, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Tyla had aptly worn stacks of the jewelry on the VMAs carpet the night before, along with a Chanel minidress.
    Kristen Tauer, Footwear News, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • With piercing rumbles, flickering gleams and heaps of fan interaction, Cain's concert felt more like an interactive theatrical experience.
    Audrey Gibbs, Nashville Tennessean, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Similarly, its ride is incredibly cossetting for an EV SUV, there’s heaps of space for six-footers and the interior has physical buttons.
    Matthew MacConnell, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
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“Cairns.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cairns. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.

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