riverbanks

noun

plural of riverbank
as in riversides

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  1. waterfronts
  2. banks
  3. shores
Noun
  • David Nikel Baltic cruise itineraries are filled with attractive old towns, medieval streets and grand waterfronts.
    — David Nikel, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
  • Every day, New Yorkers use that corridor to commute, exercise, access parks and waterfronts, and move through the city without a car.
    — Andrew Kimball, New York Daily News, 19 July 2026
Definition of waterfronts
Noun
  • That could force foreign companies and banks to choose between doing business with Iran and retaining access to the US financial system, potentially extending Washington’s leverage well beyond entities directly involved in Tehran’s oil trade.
    — Magdalena Del Valle, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Small banks fully approved 57% of applicants, a higher rate than any other lender type in the survey.
    — TerDawn DeBoe, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of banks
Noun
  • Park in the right spot and the approach is transformed into a pleasant stroll around the shores of the lake that gives the aforementioned shopping centre its name.
    — Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026
  • The story goes that cheaper flights and package holidays from the nineteen-sixties onward sent most Brits to sunnier shores abroad.
    — George Francis Lee, New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of shores
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