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
Iman Balagam, Vogue, 30 Oct. 2024
The Snorkel blends its straighter dramatic strands nicely with more blatant exploitation elements.
—Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 30 Oct. 2024
Tirana Hassan, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
And get stranded with a big band in Europe, and some sucker is gonna come talk to me about sellin’ out.
—August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
See all Example Sentences for strand 
Noun
Think of these as the stylist’s version of miracle working—breathing life back into distressed strands in a few applications.
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They were stranded, trying to raise the $350 per adult and $150 per child charged by smugglers to cross the Darién Gap.
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With wide beaches at the shore and scrublands inland, the largest colony of Magellanic penguins (Spheniscus magellanicus) are found here—there are around 400,000 breeding adults.Scott Travers, Forbes, 23 Nov. 2024
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And there’s a reason so many travelers like to end their safari adventures with a sojourn on the sand: Bush and beach have been a pairing for the ages.Sarah Khan, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Nov. 2024
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Expectations were too high because of the staggered rollout of AI, along with China which wrecked everyone.Jim Cramer, CNBC, 1 Nov. 2024
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Ice Cube is checking himself so as not to wreck himself.Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 25 Oct. 2024
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In some ways, the ubiquity of the archive sale – sometimes branded as a sample sale – is a reflection of the challenging retail landscape right now, particularly for young designers (many of whom were left in debt following the shuttering of Matches earlier this year).Emily Chan, Vogue, 23 Nov. 2024
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That has left mid-sized TV operators in India looking to find new ways of expanding their scale.Patrick Frater, Variety, 23 Nov. 2024
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Regent partners with local company Beach Yoga SoCal to offer sunrise classes mere feet from the shoreline.Jennifer Kester, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
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Since official Atlantic tropical cyclone recordkeeping began some 174 years ago, nearly 600 tropical storms or hurricanes have struck the mainland U.S. shoreline.Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 23 Oct. 2024
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Heller long dreamed of reviving it, but ambitions for a European Luna Luna tour, or for the city of Vienna to buy the project, were soon abandoned.Ian Malone, Vogue, 22 Nov. 2024
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Ashworth, 92, grew up in poverty, mostly in South Austin and East Austin during the 1930s and '40s, after his mysterious father abandoned the family.Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 21 Nov. 2024
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“Strand.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/strand. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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