: a hill or ridge of sand piled up by the wind
Examples of dune in a Sentence
We wandered over the dunes.
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What were once blocks of apartments there are now piles of rubble amid a wasteland of dunes.
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Matt Gutman, ABC News, 17 Sep. 2024
Fall colors like dune, pecan, and cafe go with any seasonal wardrobe color palette or with a traveler’s neutral capsule wardrobe.
—Kelsey Glennon, Travel + Leisure, 15 Sep. 2024
Mandalay Beach, also known as Oxnard State Beach, has sherbet sunsets over its dunes.
—Brittany Levine Beckman, Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2024
The remains are located on coastal dunes and in olive groves some six miles south of Gaza City.
—Lianne Kolirin, CNN, 29 July 2024
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Matt Gutman, ABC News, 17 Sep. 2024
Fall colors like dune, pecan, and cafe go with any seasonal wardrobe color palette or with a traveler’s neutral capsule wardrobe.
—Kelsey Glennon, Travel + Leisure, 15 Sep. 2024
Mandalay Beach, also known as Oxnard State Beach, has sherbet sunsets over its dunes.
—Brittany Levine Beckman, Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2024
The remains are located on coastal dunes and in olive groves some six miles south of Gaza City.
—Lianne Kolirin, CNN, 29 July 2024
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“Dune.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dune. Accessed 28 Sep. 2024.
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dune
noun
: a hill or ridge of sand piled up by the wind
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