bricks

plural of brick

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of bricks There’s item substitution, where fraudsters mail back rocks, bricks or empty boxes instead of the product. Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 13 July 2026 The buildings across from us, the bricks were falling out, and downtown Oakland had problems. John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 13 July 2026 But sometime Tuesday morning the city received a 911 call that some bricks were falling from the Pfizer façade. D. T. Max, New Yorker, 11 July 2026 Firefighters were first called to the scene after a report of bricks falling from the facade of the 37-story building. Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 9 July 2026 After receiving a report of bricks falling from the 37-story building, fire officials said two columns had buckled on the 21st and 22nd floors, while floors were sagging between the 21st and 26th floors. Jane Onyanga-Omara, USA Today, 8 July 2026 The film stops several yellow bricks short of erecting a temple to the sacrifices of fame. Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026 The celebration continued here at Hutton Brickyards, a historic site that once supplied bricks for American landmarks like the Empire State Building. Rolling Stone, 5 July 2026 At one point, the vehicle swerved to avoid bricks and concrete dumped in the middle of the road. Shelby Talcott, semafor.com, 3 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bricks
Noun
  • Long before ambient documentation arrived, patients were already reconciling medication lists, catching referral failures, correcting demographic mistakes, and trying to make sense of conflicting recommendations from different specialists.
    Demetri Giannikopoulos, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026
  • Look at those two, growing and changing and admitting their mistakes!
    Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 11 July 2026
Noun
  • In 2023, fewer than 2% of grievances filed in federal prisons were approved, with most rejected for procedural errors or closed for other reasons.
    Brittney Melton, NPR, 13 July 2026
  • Sinner produced 58 winners to Zverev’s 49 and had only 25 unforced errors to Zverev’s 45.
    Andrew Dampf, Chicago Tribune, 12 July 2026
Noun
  • The French centre-back previously had form for unfortunate blunders in high-profile matches but looks to have cut that out of his game.
    Stuart James, New York Times, 7 July 2026
  • There have also been several high-profile officiating blunders this season.
    Amber Harding OutKick, FOXNews.com, 6 July 2026
Noun
  • Modern brick kilns are designed to minimize or eliminate clinkers.
    Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 25 Apr. 2026
  • But there are no outright clinkers in the bunch, either.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 24 Oct. 2025

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“Bricks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bricks. Accessed 15 Jul. 2026.

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