as in crest
the line formed when two sloping surfaces come together along their topmost edge
pigeons roosting along the ridge of the roof
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Recent Examples of ridge
Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 July 2024
Neuroscientists have charted the mind’s incantation of words that lights up the temporal lobe, the frontal lobe, ridges in the cerebral cortex, triggering impulses that transform squiggles of ink into letters, letters to words, words to sentences and meaning and comprehension and empathy.
—Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2024
Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 12 Oct. 2025
Iapetus, at its equator, has an enormous equatorial ridge.
—Big Think, 9 Oct. 2025
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Noun
The rocks formed during the Archean and persisted until they were squeezed out along the ocean ridges more than 2.5 billion years later.
—Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 July 2024
Neuroscientists have charted the mind’s incantation of words that lights up the temporal lobe, the frontal lobe, ridges in the cerebral cortex, triggering impulses that transform squiggles of ink into letters, letters to words, words to sentences and meaning and comprehension and empathy.
—Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2024
Verb
Rescuers found two people trapped on an icy ridge at an elevation of 11,340 feet, officials said.
—Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 12 Oct. 2025
Iapetus, at its equator, has an enormous equatorial ridge.
—Big Think, 9 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ridge
Noun
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In Mono County, the NWS said up to 16 inches of heavy snow was expected above 7,000 feet, with between one and two feet along the Sierra crest.—
Joe Edwards,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Oct. 2025
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Snow accumulation of 8 to 16 inches with 1 to 2 feet along the Sierra crest.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
14 Oct. 2025
Verb
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While drifting lower from late September record highs, the stock was still up nearly 35% year to date — outperforming the S & P 500′s 13% advance.—
Zev Fima,
CNBC,
14 Oct. 2025
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According to a preliminary investigation, a passenger vehicle was traveling northbound in the third lane when, for an unknown reason, the driver drifted across the lanes.—
Caroline Neal,
Louisville Courier Journal,
14 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The designer will bank on the experience piled during her previous gigs.—
Sandra Salibian,
Footwear News,
16 Oct. 2025
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And while Oracle’s turn to AMD’s artificial intelligence chips — hence diversifying from Nvidia graphics processing units — might not be pleasant news for Jensen Huang, spreading out concentration risk could be a positive outcome for investors banking on AI to continue the market rally.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
15 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Because often what happens is lumping together the perimenopausal experience doesn’t necessarily let someone tell their individualized story, which may different to other conditions.—
Helen Carefoot,
Flow Space,
15 Oct. 2025
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But a tax on short-term vacation rentals should not be lumped in with the shameful trash fees and parking charges, which are regressive taxes that hit underprivileged people the hardest.—
U T Readers,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Oct. 2025
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Add remaining 1/4 cup melted butter; stir until mixture is evenly moistened and begins to clump together.—
Melinda Salchert,
Southern Living,
15 Oct. 2025
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Gerbera daisies have a clumping growth habit and may be divided at the roots, as long as separated clumps each have a least one crown, for propagation purposes.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
11 Oct. 2025
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“Ridge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ridge. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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