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sandbar

[sand-bahr] / ˈsændˌbɑr /
NOUN
bar of sand
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Covering four representative species—the great white, the sandbar, the small-spotted catshark and the spiny dogfish—Daniel C. Abel and Sophie A. Maycock deliver breadth without sacrificing depth.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 21, 2025

Then the breached sandbar closed and the lagoon started filling up with water, “and all of the sudden there was habitat.”

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 18, 2025

A festival on a sandbar brought 90 minutes of merriment to hundreds of people in the Isles of Scilly.

From BBC Apr. 29, 2025

Bar push is caused when deposition on the inside of a bend forms a sandbar, which pushes the curve outward.

From Science Daily Apr. 24, 2024

I stood at the side, staring into the water near the tip of the sandbar.

From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings




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