reefs

plural of reef

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for reefs
Noun
  • If two hazards are rated Category 3 or higher, the final number increases by one.
    Marshall Shepherd, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Check with lifeguards before entering the ocean for possible hazards you may be swept into.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 13 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Columbus Circle in New York City is a powerful example of the dangers of patchwork fixes.
    Lindsay Phillips, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • My only advice is to NOT believe her if MIL tries to claim ignorance of the dangers that have informed your decision about phones.
    Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Simplicity Emerges Syukuro Manabe was already intimately familiar with the perils of weather forecasting when, in 1965, as a scientist at the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, he was tasked with building a mathematical model of the Earth’s climate.
    Joseph Howlett, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The march was billed as a demonstration in support of free speech -- with much of the rhetoric by influencers and several far-right politicians from across Europe aimed largely at the perils of migration, a problem much of the continent is struggling to control.
    BRIAN MELLEY, Arkansas Online, 14 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • It’s finished in a beautiful coat of light green and has loads of chrome trim and a black roof.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 12 Sep. 2025
  • There’s a lot of tradesmen, but songwriters… There’s not loads of them.
    Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • But fortunately, those hardships brought the team closer.
    Anna Marie de la Fuente, Variety, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Haase said some families now come forward to ask if counselors can support their child through family hardships such as a divorce.
    Hanna Kang, Oc Register, 8 Sep. 2025
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“Reefs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reefs. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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