as in beach
often sands plural
the usually sandy or gravelly land bordering a body of water
we went for a moonlight walk on the sands
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as in to rub
to make smooth by friction
painstakingly sanded down the wooden floors of the old house
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Recent Examples of sand
ABC News, 11 Apr. 2026
Tents rippled in the breeze, and children played on the sand against a backdrop of shattered buildings.
—Wafaa Shurafa, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026
Steve Scauzillo, Daily News, 28 Mar. 2026
Attention spans are being sanded down, vocabulary is becoming consumer-friendly.
—Hannah Gold, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
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Noun
The ’70s shocks also set off a search for oil outside the Middle East — Prudhoe Bay in Alaska, the North Sea fields off the coasts of the United Kingdom and Norway and Canada’s oil sands deposits.
—ABC News, 11 Apr. 2026
Tents rippled in the breeze, and children played on the sand against a backdrop of shattered buildings.
—Wafaa Shurafa, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026
Verb
This could be older lead from repairs and repainting involving sanding down old lead paint, usually not from a fire.
—Steve Scauzillo, Daily News, 28 Mar. 2026
Attention spans are being sanded down, vocabulary is becoming consumer-friendly.
—Hannah Gold, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sand
Noun
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The tactic has become more popular with smugglers as police on the beaches try to thwart crossings by puncturing the rafts that groups of migrants have to inflate and carry to the water.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
11 Apr. 2026
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Other amenities include a lakeside swimming beach and plenty of campsites.—
Joie Probst,
Midwest Living,
10 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Sara Aparacio, a resident cleaning expert at Homeaglow, equates scrubbing an appliance with an abrasive sponge to rubbing it with very fine sandpaper.—
Maria Sabella,
The Spruce,
11 Apr. 2026
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Blot — don’t rub — and avoid over-wetting the mattress, which can lead to mold growth if moisture gets trapped inside.—
Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Sacbee.com,
11 Apr. 2026
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Inside the media center, rows of workstations equipped with laptops and charging points allow reporters to file stories.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
11 Apr. 2026
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Pratt filed to run for mayor in February and was in second place behind Mayor Karen Bass in a recent poll by the Luskin school.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The high-rise fit, chic cropped cut that hits above the ankle, and zip-front button closure read polished, especially in the darker wash (no whiskering or printing here).—
Malia Griggs,
Glamour,
8 Apr. 2026
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Their bestselling Regenerating Cleanser gently polishes away impurities and dullness to reveal a healthy-looking, radiant glow, clinically proven to make skin look brighter, smoother, more hydrated and pores look smaller.—
Tory Johnson,
ABC News,
7 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Microboone has ground left to cover.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
8 Apr. 2026
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An assortment of stone tools, including grinding slabs, mullers, pestles, and mortars, suggested that grain was processed on-site.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Apr. 2026
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“Sand.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sand. Accessed 12 Apr. 2026.
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