as in dune
a raised area of sand with a top that is near or just above the surface of the water in an ocean, lake, or river
We walked out onto the sandbar at low tide.
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Recent Examples of sandbar
Campbell believes that Vincen died trying to swim to a sandbar.
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Doha Madani, NBC news, 28 Aug. 2025
The resort sits on a hillside overlooking Marino Ballena National Park and its famous Whale’s Tail sandbar, where migrating humpback whales can often be spotted.
—Devorah Lev-Tov, AFAR Media, 26 Aug. 2025
Captain Brett wheeled around a sandbar into a narrow channel hemmed between dense twelve-foot-tall stands of brown Roseau cane.
—Nathaniel Rich, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
Rip currents are more likely to develop when a coastline is more complex, in terms of either the visible shore—a feature such as a jetty or a rocky point can trigger rip currents—or the underwater topography of sandbars that raise the ocean floor.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 19 Aug. 2025
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Doha Madani, NBC news, 28 Aug. 2025
The resort sits on a hillside overlooking Marino Ballena National Park and its famous Whale’s Tail sandbar, where migrating humpback whales can often be spotted.
—Devorah Lev-Tov, AFAR Media, 26 Aug. 2025
Captain Brett wheeled around a sandbar into a narrow channel hemmed between dense twelve-foot-tall stands of brown Roseau cane.
—Nathaniel Rich, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
Rip currents are more likely to develop when a coastline is more complex, in terms of either the visible shore—a feature such as a jetty or a rocky point can trigger rip currents—or the underwater topography of sandbars that raise the ocean floor.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 19 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sandbar
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Sandbanks is home to the world’s largest baymouth barrier dune system and about five miles of beaches, bays, and islands.—
Alexandra Emanuelli,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Sep. 2025
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The reeds once blocked the view of the Grand Calumet from the dune and swale, but on the southern side of that section of the river, most have been removed.—
Adriana Pérez,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Family, friends and spectators line the embankments, looking down from pedestrian bridges and the underpasses, holding up signs and cheering.—
George Caulkin,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
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The impact sent both vehicles spinning down the embankment.—
City News Service,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Watch rescuers save snowboarder after 100-foot fall Emergency officials were airlifted to a mountain ridge above a snowfield to assist the man.—
Michelle Del Rey,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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The combination of the ridge and light drove excitons in one direction for four micrometers in less than half a nanosecond at room temperature.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Sep. 2025
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The grassy backyard unfolds down to the high banks of the river — making an ideal venue for weddings, birthday and anniversary parties, family reunions and other special events.—
John Turton,
Sacbee.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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That figure consists of $15 million from a group of banks and $25 million from the Atallah family.—
Jean E. Palmieri,
Footwear News,
13 Sep. 2025
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However, the shoal lies well within the Philippines' 200-nautical-mile EEZ from Luzon.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Sep. 2025
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Also of note is the Landsford Canal State Park in May or June, when the riverside is covered in rocky shoals spider lilies.—
Jennifer Prince,
Southern Living,
23 Aug. 2025
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“Sandbar.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sandbar. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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