as in embankment
a raised bank or wall made of soil
—usually plural
prehistoric earthworks
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Recent Examples of earthwork
As the city began its industrial rise, some earthworks were razed, and factories were built over them.
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Kevin Williams, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 May 2025
All of the demolition and earthwork is complete, and the structure of the new stand is already being put into place.
—Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 18 Apr. 2025
This technique minimizes earthwork and avoids damaging tree roots.
—New Atlas, 23 Mar. 2025
Effigy Mounds preserves 200 or so prehistoric earthworks that were built by pre-Columbian people.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 19 Feb. 2025
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Kevin Williams, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 May 2025
All of the demolition and earthwork is complete, and the structure of the new stand is already being put into place.
—Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 18 Apr. 2025
This technique minimizes earthwork and avoids damaging tree roots.
—New Atlas, 23 Mar. 2025
Effigy Mounds preserves 200 or so prehistoric earthworks that were built by pre-Columbian people.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 19 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for earthwork
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Last month in Laguna Beach, while a 15-year-old girl was out on a driving lesson with her father, their car rolled through a fence and down an embankment from a closed grocery store parking lot to Coast Highway below.—
Sydney Barragan,
Oc Register,
26 June 2025
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Last month, archaeologists were able to start excavating and securing the site, which is located on a low beach embankment and protected only by a thin layer of topsoil.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
17 June 2025
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In the past, the upper parts of the castle ramparts, walls, and communication trenches were used as hanging gardens, where people cultivated citrus trees, vineyards, and olive trees, useful in case of siege for the self-support of the inhabitants.—
Elisabetta Tosi,
Forbes.com,
7 June 2025
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That pleasantry starts to end on June 8, 2014, when Resy launches itself against the ramparts of the OpenTable juggernaut and the reservation-platform wars began.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
7 May 2025
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In the short run, adaptation—dikes and levees to protect flood-prone cities, relocating residences away from eroding coasts—can help.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
30 May 2025
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The legislators called for different types of water solutions, including investing in projects to recycle wastewater, boost water storage, and rebuild aging levees in the delta to protect freshwater supplies and reduce earthquake risks.—
Ian James,
Los Angeles Times,
21 May 2025
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Beavers create dams, which in turn can change the water flow, helping to spread nutrients to surrounding plant systems.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 June 2025
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The big costs are building the dam system, embankments and a pedestrian bridge.—
Michael Slaten,
Oc Register,
23 June 2025
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During the evening hours, the Colt dike breaks, and two are drowned.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
14 June 2025
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Minute-scale dynamics of recurrent dike intrusions in Iceland with fiber-optic geodesy UNESCO.—
Jack Knudson,
Discover Magazine,
25 Apr. 2025
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In 2024, 30,000 gallons of sewage flowed to the beach at the San Gabriel River Jetty to the Anaheim Bay breakwater from a Los Angeles County Sanitation spill.—
Laylan Connelly,
Oc Register,
6 June 2025
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Specific measures include restoring 114 miles of breakwaters and 12.32 miles of oyster reef.—
Suzanne Wright,
USA Today,
4 June 2025
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Until now, the game shows provided a bulwark for TV station operators struggling to hold onto viewers amid the flight to streaming.—
Meg James,
Los Angeles Times,
3 June 2025
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For years, the Mission: Impossible movies stood as a welcome bulwark against the world-building extravagance of Hollywood’s franchise craze.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
14 May 2025
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During delivery, the newborn’s head became stuck in the vaginal canal in a complicated medical event known as shoulder dystocia, according to Taylor and Ross’ lawsuit against St. Julian and Southern Regional Medical Center.—
Julia Marnin,
Miami Herald,
20 June 2025
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Then into motorboats for hair-raising dashes through tortuous canals and across rough water to dams far back in some vast marsh.—
Nash Buckingham,
Outdoor Life,
19 June 2025
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“Earthwork.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/earthwork. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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