dune

noun

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as in ridge

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Recent Examples of dune Tents cannot have sides, and shade structures must be erected toward the back of the beach, by the dune line and behind the lifeguard chairs. — Jonny Williams, The Providence Journal, 14 Aug. 2026 About 25 people participated in the Friday evening walk on one of Seman’s favorite trails — the number 9 and 10 trails at Indiana Dunes State Park that lead to a dune ridge with a panoramic view of Lake Michigan. — Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 26 July 2026 Part of the beach is located in the Ainsdale & Birkdale Sandhills Nature Reserve, which has walking paths and is home to rare species like the Natterjack toad as well as wildflowers such as the dune helleborine and yellow glandweed. — Lila Harron Battis, Travel + Leisure, 23 July 2026 There are gorgeous swaths of untouched beaches, as well as dune, lagoon, pine flatland, salt marsh, and hammock habitats to explore. — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 19 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for dune
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dune
  1. ridge
  2. embankment
  3. shoal
  4. sandbar
  5. sandbank
  6. bank
Noun
  • Central Valley high temps in the 90s are expected into the middle of the month as the high-pressure ridge stalls in place.
    — Sean Macaday, Sacbee.com, 1 Oct. 2026
  • For 21 years this resort on 22 jungle-y acres spilling down a steep ridge to an energetic convergence of rivers outside of Ubud has focused resolutely on wellbeing, and the offerings keep growing.
    — Kathryn Romeyn, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of ridge
Noun
  • Photos from the scene show the aircraft off the paved runway and partially down a grassy embankment near the airport.
    — Cecilio Padilla, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026
  • At a road embankment in Utqiaġvik, our team used fiber-optic cables to collect temperature and seismic data.
    — Ming Xiao, The Conversation, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of embankment
Noun
  • In one of the latest incidents, the Philippine military in July accused China's coast guard of injuring a Filipino sailor at a disputed shoal in the South China Sea.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Stretching across more than 139,000 hectares, Hanifaru Bay is home to coral reefs with colorful shoals of fish, turtles, manta rays, and whale sharks.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of shoal
Noun
  • The unidentified juvenile was bitten while swimming in the preserve, and deputies said the victim and several other juveniles became stranded on a sandbar.
    — Steven Yablonski, CBS News, 9 Sep. 2026
  • The Lungomare runs along most of the 12km long sandbar, a pleasure island but also a UNESCO Heritage Site.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of sandbar
Noun
  • On the other side of the river lies my sandbank, where my dark-skinned sweetheart with the heron-beak nose sits.
    — Sanat Pai Raikar, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Jumeirah Olhahali Island takes guests on a five-minute speedboat ride to reach a private sandbank at sunrise or sunset.
    — Jasreen Mayal Khanna, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of sandbank
Noun
  • My first inklings of this came in random encounters with Chinese people, in bank lines, on trains, or on the sidelines of public events.
    — Howard W. French, The New York Review of Books, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Kyiv is split in half by the Dnipro River, with the right bank home to the majority of the city’s business centers, offices and government institutions.
    — Svitlana Vlasova, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of bank

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