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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Sacramento police are investigating the death of a man whose body was discovered Saturday evening near a levee close to the 50 block of Main Avenue.—
The Sacramento Bee,
Sacbee.com,
29 June 2025
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The Trinity River in Dallas overflows its banks and is contained by the levees after historic rainfall in August 2022.—
Anna Skinner,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 June 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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Cuomo sought to draw on decades of experience in government as a bulwark against Trump’s attacks on his hometown.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
26 June 2025
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As the main funder of global health interventions, USAID served as a bulwark against diseases that don’t halt at national borders.—
David Douglas,
Sun Sentinel,
25 June 2025
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That trend also increases evaporation, fueling more rain that washes pollution like chemicals, dog poop and trash into canals and Biscayne Bay.—
Ashley Miznazi,
Miami Herald,
30 June 2025
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For the most motivated who want to take it all in, July 13 is the start of an eight-day, 400-mile bicycle ride along the canal from Buffalo to Albany involving 40-to-60 mile rides a day, 85 percent off-road.—
David Moin,
Footwear News,
28 June 2025
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“Earthwork.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/earthwork. Accessed 10 Jul. 2025.
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