as in blonde
of a pale yellow or yellowish brown color
the child with sandy hair really stood out among the brunettes
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Recent Examples of sandy
It is barely joined to the land by a sandy stretch.
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A.k. Whitney, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
In addition to its sandy shores and salty waves, which produce some of the country's most famous seafood specialties, Mazatlán is known for its endless malecón, a seaside promenade that is among the longest boardwalks in the world.
—Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 9 Sep. 2025
There, visitors come across soaring mosaics made from tiny golden tiles, murals of horses and sandy indoor quadrangles with palm trees sprouting up under vaulted ceilings.
—Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
But this course is revered by golf aficionados for its holes along and over the ocean and its use of the adjacent sandy dunes and craggly cypress pines elsewhere on the property.
—Lee Ross, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2025
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A.k. Whitney, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
In addition to its sandy shores and salty waves, which produce some of the country's most famous seafood specialties, Mazatlán is known for its endless malecón, a seaside promenade that is among the longest boardwalks in the world.
—Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 9 Sep. 2025
There, visitors come across soaring mosaics made from tiny golden tiles, murals of horses and sandy indoor quadrangles with palm trees sprouting up under vaulted ceilings.
—Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
But this course is revered by golf aficionados for its holes along and over the ocean and its use of the adjacent sandy dunes and craggly cypress pines elsewhere on the property.
—Lee Ross, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sandy
Adjective
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Her remains weighed 51 pounds, had a blonde wig over short, yellow hair, and remnants of her last meal — beans — were still in her stomach.—
Kirsten Fiscus,
The Tennessean,
9 Sep. 2025
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The royal's hair seemed to be back to her signature brown, after she was seen with blonde hair earlier in the week, with her tresses styled in loose curls on Monday.—
Simon Perry,
PEOPLE,
8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Great cornerbacks are football’s tawny owls, the biggest of the big-game hunters, dogging prey through darkness and chaos.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
31 Aug. 2025
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The shallow water is the same tawny color as at Silvermine, but the reservoir floor is concrete-lined.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Aug. 2025
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“Sandy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sandy. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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