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Something that lacks substance or significance; Also: An edifice built of a loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral (dampened)

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  • It's a home of sorts, occupied by a colony of Phragmatopoma californica, otherwise known as the sandcastle worm.
  • Can you make 'the sandbox' not just your 'sandcastle' go away, temporarily or forever?
  • Hendrix, for that matter, is yet another sandcastle.
  • One of the biggest sandcastle competitions in the world.
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