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Recent Examples of dunes
Many travelers opt to take a four-wheeler down the Sand Highway, a one-way trail into a canyon on the boundary of the dunes, and the South Boundary Trail, which winds along the eastern side of the main dune area.
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Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 21 Oct. 2025
Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 21 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dunes
Noun
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On a hike along the Aletch Glacier—the longest and, in my opinion, most beautiful in Europe-–I stood over an ant-sized family with two young children crossing where the glacier runs a mile-wide and the ice rises so high, you could get lost between ridges.—
Anna Fiorentino,
Travel + Leisure,
23 Oct. 2025
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By analyzing tree rings from across the Northern Hemisphere, scientists reconstructed the long-term history of an atmospheric phenomenon known as a locked wave-5 jet stream pattern — where the jet stream forms five wavy ridges and troughs around the planet.—
Hayleigh Evans,
AZCentral.com,
13 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Guides such as Eggleston place observers on sandbars at least 150 feet from the charismatic carnivores.—
Susan Portnoy,
AFAR Media,
3 Oct. 2025
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One man aboard the boat knew how to navigate the mangroves and sandbars of the keys, and with the late summer sun beating down on the rafters, the boat pushed out feebly into the open ocean.—
Miriam Pensack,
The Dial,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Family, friends and spectators line the embankments, looking down from pedestrian bridges and the underpasses, holding up signs and cheering.—
George Caulkin,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
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Scruton and his team had a weekend to remove the trees, mud, dirt and embankments.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The shoals attract diving gannets and orcas.—
David Greig
September 15,
Literary Hub,
15 Sep. 2025
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Also of note is the Landsford Canal State Park in May or June, when the riverside is covered in rocky shoals spider lilies.—
Jennifer Prince,
Southern Living,
23 Aug. 2025
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The stock recently took a hit as credit-quality concerns weighed on global banks, but a strong quarterly report eased those worries.—
Natasha Abellard,
CNBC,
24 Oct. 2025
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Both legacy banks and startups have been trying to compete with firms like Moneygram or Western Union, which historically charged large remittance and currency-changing fees.—
Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
24 Oct. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Dunes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dunes. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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