snowdrifts

plural of snowdrift

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for snowdrifts
Noun
  • The Transportation Security Administration and Federal Aviation Administration have been flagging devices like portable power banks, laptops and cell phones for a while, urging travelers to carry them on board instead of checking them with their bags.
    Eve Chen, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
  • In 1943, when the Mississippi tore away from its banks and charted a fierce and muddy course across America’s central farmlands, Gerard’s grandfather, Harold Gerard, had already fled the waters once.
    Julia Rendleman, ProPublica, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • No one is checking whether these tools actually help people get better at their jobs or if the natural conversation with the AI drifts outside of its expertise.
    Joseph Freed, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • The drifts of powder, scattered by her haste, gather in the runnels of the tabletop.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Summer's berry bounties and mounds of melons are fleeting.
    Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 31 Aug. 2025
  • With mounds just 46 feet away from the plate, that speed would be the equivalent of 107 mph in the major leagues, according to ESPN, where pitchers throw from more than 60 feet away.
    Joshua Rhett Miller, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Aug. 2025
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“Snowdrifts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snowdrifts. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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