sandbank

as in sandbar

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Recent Examples of sandbank Across the river, a low mantle of vegetation grew along the shore — a new sandbank, Aires explained, creeping closer each year. Michael Snyder, Travel + Leisure, 15 Jan. 2025 Try the Castaway Picnic experience on a private sandbank with lunch, snorkeling gear, sunbeds, and umbrellas to while away the afternoon. Katie Kiefner, Vogue, 1 Jan. 2025 When the waters are low, the heavy boats, laden with metal and with foodstuffs, run aground on the sandbanks of the river. Eugène-Melchior De Vogüé, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2024 To accommodate this throng of humanity, a temporary city of impossible proportions springs up on the sandbanks, featuring tented accommodations, roadways, power supplies, and medical facilities. Selina Denman, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Nov. 2024 See All Example Sentences for sandbank
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Noun
  • The man’s 10-year-old daughter moved her dad to safety on a sandbar, then paddled downstream to higher ground near the Warnerton Bridge, deputies said.
    Tanasia Kenney, Miami Herald, 23 June 2025
  • Sun Sentinel Flash fire on boat near Fort Lauderdale sandbar caused by fuel vapors igniting A flash fire erupted on a motorboat in the Intracoastal Waterway near Fort Lauderdale on Memorial Day, severely injuring 11 people, including two young children, officials said.
    South Florida Sun Sentinel, Sun Sentinel, 28 May 2025
Noun
  • In a survey of 56 analysts across the bank, covering roughly 1,200 firms worth over $38 trillion in market cap, roughly 60% said production will continue to move back to the U.S.—at least modestly—if tariffs remain high.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 27 June 2025
  • Investment bank Jefferies' quarterly results missed analysts' forecasts.
    Medora Lee, USA Today, 27 June 2025
Noun
  • The notion, like the uncouth, wispy-haired towhead himself, was an easy mark for Bennett, who took aim following Greeley’s sermon on the coverage of the New Jersey murder.
    James M. Lundberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Mar. 2020
  • An outdoorsy, blue-eyed towhead, Jim, was living in the house next door, right on the beach.
    Alison Rose, Town & Country, 16 Dec. 2012

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“Sandbank.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sandbank. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.

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