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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

"It's probably the only festival that's dependent on air pressure, which dictates how far the tide goes out and how long we can stay on the sandbar," he said.

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

Just find the sandbar, I kept telling myself.

From "We Were Here" by Matt De La Peña




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