Sands may refer to:
*Multiple types of
sand
Sand is a granular material composed of finely divided mineral particles. Sand has various compositions but is defined by its grain size. Sand grains are smaller than gravel and coarser than silt. Sand can also refer to a textural class o ...
, granular material.
Sands or The Sands may also refer to:
Places
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Sands, Michigan, an unincorporated community
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Sands Township, Michigan, USA
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Sands Fjord, Greenland
People
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Sands (surname)
Casinos and resorts
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Las Vegas Sands
Las Vegas Sands Corporation is an American casino and resort company with corporate headquarters in Paradise, Nevada, United States. Its corporate mission is to create "Integrated Resorts" which feature a combination of gambling, accommodation, ...
, a casino development company
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Marina Bay Sands, in Singapore
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Sands Atlantic City
Sands Atlantic City was a casino and hotel that operated from August 13, 1980 until November 11, 2006 in Atlantic City, New Jersey. It was formerly known as the Brighton Hotel & Casino. It consisted of a 21-story hotel tower with 532 rooms and a ...
, a closed hotel/casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey
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Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem, casino and resort in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania (now under new ownership as Wind Creek Casino)
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Sands Expo and Convention Center
The Venetian Convention and Expo Center (formerly the Sands Expo) is a convention center located in Paradise, Nevada, near the Las Vegas Strip. The Venetian Expo is owned by Vici Properties and operated by Apollo Global Management, and is freque ...
, in Las Vegas, Nevada
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Sands Hotel, a closed hotel/casino in Las Vegas, Nevada
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Sands Macau
Sands Macao () is a hotel and casino resort located in Sé, Macau, SAR - China. It is owned and operated by the Las Vegas Sands Corporation, and was designed by Steelman Partners, LLP. It comprises a casino, and a 289-suite hotel.
Las Vega ...
, a casino in Macau
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Sands Regency
Sands Regency is a hotel and casino located in Downtown Reno, Nevada. It is owned and operated by Jacobs Entertainment.
History
The Sands Regency opened in the early 1970s by the Cladianos family, with a small hotel and casino. The hotel tower ...
, in Reno, Nevada
Ships
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USNS ''Sands'' (T-AGOR-6), an oceanographic research ship that served the U.S. Navy
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USS ''Sands'' (DD-243/APD-13), destroyer in the U.S. Navy
Other uses
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Sands (charity)
The Stillbirth and Neonatal Death Charity (Sands) is a national charity in the United Kingdom that provides support to anyone affected by the death of a baby.
It is based at the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists in London and is ...
, formerly The Stillbirth and Neonatal Death Society, a UK charity
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David Sands
David Sands was a convenience shop chain located in Fife, Kinross and Perthshire, Scotland. At 200 years old, the family-owned enterprise had 28 outlets at its peak. According to a 2009 article on Business7, a publication of the ''Scottish Dail ...
, a convenience store chain, based in Fife and Perthshire, Scotland
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Inspector Sands
"Inspector Sands" is a code phrase used by public transport authorities in the United Kingdom, including Network Rail and London Underground, to alert staff to a fire alarm without needing to evacuate the station. The exact wording depends on the ...
or Mr Sands, an emergency code word used in public transport systems in the United Kingdom
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Sands School
Sands School is a democratic school in Ashburton, Devon in England.
Background
Sands School is the second democratic school in England which was started in 1987 by a group of students and teachers from the recently closed Dartington Hall Sch ...
, an alternative, democratic school in the UK
See also
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Golden Sands
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Sand (disambiguation)
Sand is a naturally occurring, finely divided rock.
Sand may also refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media Fictional characters
*Sand, alias of DC Comics fictional character Sandy Hawkins
* Elia Sand, a character in ''Game of Thrones''
*Sandm ...
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