dunes

plural of dune

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for dunes
Noun
  • The ice was constantly shifting, building new pressure ridges and destroying parts of instruments and sites.
    Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park features 60,000 acres of old-growth forest, roaring waterfalls, Lake Superior shoreline, rivers, trails and ridges.
    Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • River shorelines and sandbars pose unseen dangers.
    Chris Ramirez, jsonline.com, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Rip currents are more likely to develop when a coastline is more complex, in terms of either the visible shore—a feature such as a jetty or a rocky point can trigger rip currents—or the underwater topography of sandbars that raise the ocean floor.
    Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 19 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Family, friends and spectators line the embankments, looking down from pedestrian bridges and the underpasses, holding up signs and cheering.
    George Caulkin, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Scruton and his team had a weekend to remove the trees, mud, dirt and embankments.
    Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Also of note is the Landsford Canal State Park in May or June, when the riverside is covered in rocky shoals spider lilies.
    Jennifer Prince, Southern Living, 23 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The recall covers power banks with model numbers A1647, A1652, A1257, A1681 and A1689 with serial numbers listed on the back or side of the device.
    Daniel Orton, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
  • But stablecoin advocates argue the campaign is less about protecting financial stability and more about protecting a $187 billion annual profit engine that banks derive from payment processing fees.
    Becca Bratcher, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
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“Dunes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dunes. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.

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