as in mistake
an unintentional departure from truth or accuracy
he dropped a brick that had his friends helpless with laughter
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Recent Examples of brick
The predominant vulnerable building types are unreinforced brick masonry and adobe block construction.
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Kenton Gewecke,
ABC News,
25 June 2026
No one is sure why the business partners selected the two-story brick building for their ice cream shop, but Peerbolte suggested traffic from the nearby Joliet Arsenal could have played a role in the decision.
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Alicia Fabbre,
Chicago Tribune,
25 June 2026
Its roughly 45,000 members tirelessly post absurd misinformation on everything from the nuances of watering a brick to grow a house to the claim that blue whales are actually orange.
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Frank Landymore,
Futurism,
25 June 2026
The remnants of charred trees and a brick half-wall and chimney mark its location.
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Sacbee.com,
25 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for brick
Kenton Gewecke,
ABC News,
25 June 2026
No one is sure why the business partners selected the two-story brick building for their ice cream shop, but Peerbolte suggested traffic from the nearby Joliet Arsenal could have played a role in the decision.
—
Alicia Fabbre,
Chicago Tribune,
25 June 2026
Its roughly 45,000 members tirelessly post absurd misinformation on everything from the nuances of watering a brick to grow a house to the claim that blue whales are actually orange.
—
Frank Landymore,
Futurism,
25 June 2026
The remnants of charred trees and a brick half-wall and chimney mark its location.
—
Sacbee.com,
25 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for brick
Recent Examples of Synonyms for brick
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The Dodgers took full advantage of the Padres’ defensive mistakes to jump-start their offense.
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Bad luck happens, but preventable mistakes almost always cause road problems.
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With Yerry De los Santos also fumbling a bunt in the eighth, the Yanks tallied a season-high four errors on the night.
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Michael Conforto, Alex Bregman and Ian Happ had RBI hits in the sixth, when the Cubs’ runs were unearned thanks to a pair of errors.
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Colorado's rally offset a pair of baserunning blunders that ended the eighth.
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One Republican senator calling this the worst foreign policy blunder in decades.
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“Brick.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brick. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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