embankments

plural of embankment

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of embankments 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 Scruton and his team had a weekend to remove the trees, mud, dirt and embankments. Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 3 Sep. 2025 Already, the High-Speed Rail Authority, which has been building the embankments, bridges, tunnels and grade separations needed for the train over the last decade, like an overpass just completed in Fresno, has begun ordering steel and other materials needed to finally begin laying tracks. Alan Ohnsman, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for embankments
Noun
  • The new levees will replace old dirt berms that are 6 to 10 feet high.
    Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2025
  • In 1907, Grand Island levees were raised after a flood.
    David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 20 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Along the way, visitors may spot signs of the sanctuary’s most visible resident, the beaver, from impressive dams to cleverly constructed dens and lodges, as well as birds such as the snow goose, lapland longspur, and chimney swift.
    Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 27 Sep. 2025
  • The researchers cite warming temperatures as the primary contributor to river heat waves, but also say agriculture and the building of dams play roles as well.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 23 Sep. 2025

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“Embankments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/embankments. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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