bricks

plural of brick

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Recent Examples of bricks The bricks allow children and fans to build anything from their imagination, according to the release. Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Kansas City Star, 21 July 2026 Any attempt at driving normally is an exercise in futility with the rear-wheel-drive RV handling like a shopping cart full of bricks. Jason Bennett, Arkansas Online, 19 July 2026 The development is filled with small Texan touches, like the original Vickery Boulevard bricks that were used in the lobby entryway. Emily Holshouser july 18, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 July 2026 Offensive guru Brian Daboll was pretty incompetent as the Giants’ coach and hit the bricks, and in walks Super Bowl winning coach John Harbaugh. Vic Tafur, New York Times, 17 July 2026 The bricks, made by prisoners, are protected so nothing could puncture them; any nails had to go in the mortar. Kathryn Romeyn, Travel + Leisure, 17 July 2026 The company uses whatever bricks and mortar a contractor already specifies, meaning regulators see nothing new to approve. Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 15 July 2026 Mack was attacked by a crowd who threw bottles and bricks at her during her shift in 2024. Caitlin McGlade, Charlotte Observer, 15 July 2026 There’s item substitution, where fraudsters mail back rocks, bricks or empty boxes instead of the product. Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 13 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bricks
Noun
  • Efficiency expands access while increasing the number of settings in which consequential mistakes, surveillance and labor displacement can occur.
    Gerui Wang, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Sellers can edit any mistakes before an auction begins, and those corrections are used to further improve future AI models.
    Joshua Hong, Fortune, 1 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Headline figures such as tasks completed, queries handled or hours saved can look impressive while concealing errors, rework, poor customer outcomes and escalating operating expenses.
    Bernard Marr, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
  • High jump is a technical event — while physiology matters, the winner tends to be decided by who can best correct their errors as the bar goes up.
    Liam Tharme, New York Times, 25 July 2026
Noun
  • In 2026, Mattel is doubling down and averting any PR blunders with a Holiday Barbie that, by all accounts, looks genuinely gorgeous.
    Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 29 July 2026
  • Among the blunders of the first round was to turn Iran from a pariah state into a sympathetic one.
    Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 24 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 3 Aug. 2026.

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