Thesaurus results for SANDBAR

sandbar

noun

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 There will still be about 30 or more sharks as before, but new to the Shark Encounter will be sandbar sharks, a species that was never before in the existing attraction, Castillo said. —

Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Apr. 2026 Christel Krueger peered through thick glass and murky water at the Berlin Zoo, staring in awe at a mother hippopotamus and her child sleeping on a sandbar. —

ABC News, 21 Apr. 2026 At low tide, walk across a sandbar and explore rocky Salt Island, while little ones get to play in warm tidal pools. —

Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 20 Apr. 2026 Boats drop anchor at Tahiti Beach, a white sandbar on the southern end of Elbow Cay, Bahamas, in this undated file photo. —

Cristian Benavides, CBS News, 13 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for sandbar

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Help remove invasive plants, increase biodiversity and enhance coastal resilience in partnership with the Bay Foundation and Environment California, as part of the Malibu Living Shoreline Project, an effort to restore three acres of beach and dune habitat.

— Pedro Moura, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026
But all that also adds a massive camera dune to the back of the device, whereas Samsung's current stack is just an annoying little hump.

— Florence Ion, PC Magazine, 1 May 2026