as in beach
the usually sandy or gravelly land bordering a body of water
the wishful dream of living an indolent, idyllic existence on some far-off strand
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as in to leave
to cause to remain behind
he just drove off, stranding her in some dinky town with just a few bucks and the clothes she was wearing
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Recent Examples of strand
Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 8 Apr. 2025
Four yanks later, voila: Clayton had pulled free his prize, leaving just a single strand of nylon stuck in the Alamodome rim.
—Brendan Marks, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2025
The Cooke County warden responded Saturday to a 911 call after the group of University of North Texas students became stranded on the water, the Parks and Wildlife Department said in a news release.
—Amy McDaniel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Apr. 2025
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Noun
Other styling tricks included whimsical touches on simplified outfits such as oversized scarves, bag charms, layered belts, fur accessories and extravagant strands of pearls.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 8 Apr. 2025
Four yanks later, voila: Clayton had pulled free his prize, leaving just a single strand of nylon stuck in the Alamodome rim.
—Brendan Marks, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
Verb
Dolphins also suffer from the effects of the poison but tend to get stranded on the beaches and almost always die.
—Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2025
The Cooke County warden responded Saturday to a 911 call after the group of University of North Texas students became stranded on the water, the Parks and Wildlife Department said in a news release.
—Amy McDaniel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for strand
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Mallorca may be known for its nightlife, its glorious beaches and lately, unfortunately, some of its tourism growing pains.—
Ann Abel,
Forbes.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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The stay in the beach house was supposed to clear their heads, and Joe wasn’t supposed to show up.—
Sara Netzley,
EW.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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Three days prior, Dale Earnhardt, the sport’s superhero and antihero and transcendent phenom all in one, wrecked into the wall on Turn 4 on the last lap of the Daytona 500.—
Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
13 Apr. 2025
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The architectural vandalism was hideous and heartbreaking to watch, inhumane civic renewal by wrecking ball in the discredited vein of Robert Moses.—
Frank Rich,
Vulture,
8 Apr. 2025
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Prosecutors accused Read of striking O’Keefe with her SUV then leaving him to die in the snow.—
Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
25 Apr. 2025
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Right now, many people who have built their lives in Singapore are being left in the dark.—
Hannah Ma,
Forbes.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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Only after the worst mass extinction of all time, as Earth’s ecosystems struggled to recover from intense global warming spurred by volcanoes, did reptiles began to live by the shoreline and become ever more at home in the water.—
Riley Black,
Smithsonian Magazine,
17 Apr. 2025
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However, rising water levels are expected to carry debris that was once on the shoreline out into open waters.—
Asher Redd,
FOXNews.com,
16 Apr. 2025
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At this point, what started as a throwaway joke has grown into something vaguely earnest — too big to fail and too enmeshed in the neighborhood to be abandoned in good conscience.—
Nate Rogers,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Apr. 2025
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Biden’s Justice Department ultimately abandoned the gambit and left Trump to head to trial, where a jury ordered him to pay $83.3 million.—
Zach Schonfeld,
The Hill,
23 Apr. 2025
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“Strand.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/strand. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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