as in embankment
a raised bank or wall made of soil
—usually plural
prehistoric earthworks
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Recent Examples of earthwork
Koko Bayer has filmed footage of most of her grandfather’s major sculptures and earthworks since 2019 for an in-progress documentary.
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Andrew Travers, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Jan. 2025
In the 1970s, Smithson began making earthworks, the art pieces that would define his career.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Dec. 2024
Kyiv has been struggling to boost military recruitment, stiffen its forces’ defensive earthworks, reform archaic command staffs and boost the output of Ukrainian arms factories.
—David Axe, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
The building process included extensive earthworks for support during assembly, later dismantled to reveal the finished form.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2024
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Andrew Travers, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Jan. 2025
In the 1970s, Smithson began making earthworks, the art pieces that would define his career.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Dec. 2024
Kyiv has been struggling to boost military recruitment, stiffen its forces’ defensive earthworks, reform archaic command staffs and boost the output of Ukrainian arms factories.
—David Axe, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
The building process included extensive earthworks for support during assembly, later dismantled to reveal the finished form.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for earthwork
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After the impact, the vehicle rolled off the road and down an embankment, Victoria police said.—
Latoya Gayle,
People.com,
12 May 2025
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The vehicle overturned down an embankment and crashed into a tree.—
Christian Martinez,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 May 2025
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That pleasantry starts to end on June 8, 2014, when Resy launches itself against the ramparts of the OpenTable juggernaut and the reservation-platform wars began.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
7 May 2025
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Visitors flooded in to walk the ramparts, reenact scenes, and snap selfies.—
Catherine Baab-Muguira,
Quartz,
7 May 2025
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The government overhauled levees, flood walls, and pumping stations.—
Contessa Brewer,
CNBC,
22 May 2025
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Some reinforce levees to protect crucial hurricane evacuation routes.—
Sabrina B. Valenti,
Sun Sentinel,
20 May 2025
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Controlled by the dam, the river flows anywhere from 2,000 to 10,000 cubic feet per second.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
23 May 2025
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Chinese products including cars and appliances have filled markets in the region, and Chinese investments have funded bridges, dams and ports.—
Chris Buckley,
New York Times,
12 May 2025
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And the Treasury secretary is really the last guy with his finger kind of in the dike.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
4 May 2025
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The fifth season, then, premiered in the noxious contrail of the Dobbs decision, which silenced those who believed a 1973 Supreme Court case could serve as a permanent finger in the political dike.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Apr. 2025
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This could, for example, include investing in reforestation to store more carbon or restoring oyster reefs to function as a breakwater or to improve water quality.—
Bill Frist,
Forbes,
25 Sep. 2024
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In the early 2000s, authorities began building infrastructure in the lagoon, including a breakwater at the mouth of Cerro Hermoso, where the town of El Zapotalito is located.—
Gwendolina Duval,
Vogue,
22 Apr. 2025
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The unnamed Gulf diplomat says there’s a sense of hope in Arab capitals that this bulwark of cooperation, which promotes a peaceful path to Palestinian statehood, will one day achieve results in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.—
Taylor Luck,
Christian Science Monitor,
23 May 2025
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Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron have emerged as the leading voices advocating for Kyiv on the global stage, and the two leaders have pushed their European counterparts to boost military spending and join a European bulwark against Moscow’s advances.—
Rob Picheta,
CNN Money,
19 May 2025
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Floating solar panels on reservoirs or installing them over canals saves land and makes the panels operate more efficiently.—
Suwanna Gauntlett Upjohn,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
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The warehouses that line the canals are being converted into luxury flats and artist studios.—
Sarah Beckwith,
New Yorker,
26 May 2025
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“Earthwork.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/earthwork. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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