bricks

plural of brick

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of bricks But the gelatin-and-yeast concrete could offer some advantages over some of the other leading ideas for making building materials on Mars, most of which rely on heating and melting regolith to form bricks and support beams. Kiona N. Smith, Space.com, 17 Sep. 2026 Think of it as a brick wall, with tough skin cells as the bricks and lipids like ceramides, cholesterol and fatty acids as the mortar. Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 17 Sep. 2026 By nightfall, the protests turned violent, people hurling bricks and taking down the American flag in favor of the Confederate colors. Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2026 The bricks of Boston's Fenway Park are unmistakable, as are the streets that surround its hallowed grounds. Mike Sullivan, CBS News, 14 Sep. 2026 More research required Most space construction ideas use melting local rock into bricks, which consumes massive amounts of energy. Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2026 The piny woods swallowed the red bricks surrounded by spirals of razor wire and fence. Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 2026 As bricks fall from the top of the screen, users must stack them to survive. Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 8 Sep. 2026 Although the convent was demolished in the 16th century and hundreds of thousands of its bricks were removed, much of its underground footprint survived. Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 7 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bricks
Noun
  • Mike Eckhaus and Zoe Latta don’t make those mistakes, as their popular jeans, knits, and tees attest.
    Vogue, Vogue, 17 Sep. 2026
  • So many individual mistakes litter their six games so far this season.
    Chris McKenna, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Subsequent investigations by an inspector general and Justice Department prosecutors identified errors by FBI agents but found no evidence of criminal wrongdoing by senior law enforcement officials nor proof of an anti-Trump conspiracy.
    ABC News, ABC News, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Any factual errors can be identified during the reporting process.
    Matthew Kayser, Miami Herald, 21 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • José Caballero, who had a solo homer and an RBI single, and Ben Rice, who blooped a go-ahead, two-run single, also helped the Yankees overcome a few defensive blunders.
    Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 14 Sep. 2026
  • And, on occasion, other teams have countered Phillies’ blunders with their own sterling fundamentals.
    Charlotte Varnes, New York Times, 9 Sep. 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 23 Sep. 2026.

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