Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for riverbanks
Noun
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In the past year and a half, the city has decommissioned or taken down three major encampments that had taken hold along the waterfronts, giving all those camping there credible offers of housing or shelter.—
Andy Sheehan,
CBS News,
20 Nov. 2025 -
And focus on important things like fisheries, clean water, clean air, great local coastal communities, coastal economies, keeping our working waterfronts running.—
Dan Morrison,
USA Today,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Limiting banks’ ability to charge rates commensurate with historic default levels would likely send shock-waves through the industry.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
10 Jan. 2026
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There were times on this trip when all of them seemed to be crowding the banks at once.—
Stanley Stewart,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Jan. 2026
Noun
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This includes the land on the shores of the Narta Lagoon that Subashi and his fellow villagers say were stolen from them.—
Lindita Cela,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
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Along the shores of Grand Traverse Bay in northern Michigan are vineyards lined with neat rows of grapevines.—
Iona Brannon,
Travel + Leisure,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Riverbanks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/riverbanks. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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