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snowdrifts

noun

plural of snowdrift
as in snowbanks

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  1. banks
  2. drifts
  3. mounds
Noun
  • Among the policy shifts reportedly on the table is a windfall tax aimed at banks and oil companies.
    — Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Designed around an Art Deco building that formerly housed a Citroën garage, the new 430,000-square-foot complex at Place de l’Yser on the banks of the Charleroi-Brussels Canal is Brussels’ only major modern and contemporary art museum.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 11 Sep. 2026
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Noun
  • This makes the final month intriguing, even if some fantasy managers’ focus drifts toward football.
    — Greg Jewett, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026
  • When every home needs a magazine-worthy renovation and every vacation looks like a luxury resort, our definition of what’s normal drifts upward.
    — byDoug Ashburn, Encyclopedia Britannica, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of drifts
Noun
  • Sign Up for Our Free Daily Newsletter Some hills in northern Alabama are burial mounds from the Copena people who lived there 2,000 years ago.
    — Elizabeth Anne Brown, Scientific American, 2 Sep. 2026
  • And in a sense, chocolate may have helped build the Mississippian mounds.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of mounds
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“Snowdrifts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snowdrifts. Accessed 15 Sep. 2026.

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