as in blond
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
Choose a container that has good drainage and fill it with a cactus mix or a sandy potting mix.
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Sj McShane, Martha Stewart, 24 May 2026
The guest rooms were designed to emulate a lakeside escape, while the hotel’s corridor carpets mimic a sandy beach.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 May 2026
In front of a row of concrete markers tracing the border with Peru, two sandy-yellow Chilean military excavators crawl along a deep trench, digging three metres down before swinging sharply to dump bucketloads of earth into a rising embankment.
—John Bartlett, NPR, 23 May 2026
Durable finishes like polished concrete floors and cement tiles stand up to wet, sandy feet.
—Kelly Ryan Kegans, Midwest Living, 22 May 2026
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Sj McShane, Martha Stewart, 24 May 2026
The guest rooms were designed to emulate a lakeside escape, while the hotel’s corridor carpets mimic a sandy beach.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 May 2026
In front of a row of concrete markers tracing the border with Peru, two sandy-yellow Chilean military excavators crawl along a deep trench, digging three metres down before swinging sharply to dump bucketloads of earth into a rising embankment.
—John Bartlett, NPR, 23 May 2026
Durable finishes like polished concrete floors and cement tiles stand up to wet, sandy feet.
—Kelly Ryan Kegans, Midwest Living, 22 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sandy
Adjective
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The attacker is described as a white man about 6 feet tall with a long brown and blond beard reaching down to his chest, police said.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
26 May 2026
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The television host paired the glamorous look with pointed black heels and long blonde waves.—
Stephanie Giang-Paunon,
FOXNews.com,
26 May 2026
Adjective
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These tawny shapes look otherworldly, particularly when midday light beams shine through.—
Stephanie Vermillion,
Travel + Leisure,
17 May 2026
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The pale tortilla was dappled with shades of brown, toasty and tawny—simplicity, done superlatively.—
Helen Rosner,
New Yorker,
3 May 2026
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“Sandy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sandy. Accessed 2 Jun. 2026.
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