bricks

plural of brick

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Recent Examples of bricks The two architects had once been friends and collaborators, but their relationship eventually crumbled like so many brittle bricks. — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 26 Oct. 2026 Bangalter and Homem-Christo now join the Beatles and the Spice Girls in the annals of musicians who’ve become plastic bricks. — Alex Suskind, Pitchfork, 22 Oct. 2026 Issues began in July when firefighters responded to reports of falling bricks. — Aziza Shuler, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026 Lego bricks are an iconic part of many kid’s formative years, and have likely raised entire generations of future engineers. — Chris Stokel-Walker, Time, 15 Oct. 2026 Last Call Baking is a must-visit for any lover of laminated dough, giant brownie bricks, or chunky cookie energy. — Leslie Pariseau, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Oct. 2026 That’s actually the normal environment over the grand arc of time back to the bricks on which our foundation is built. — Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 8 Oct. 2026 Secure it with bricks or sandbags to stop it from blowing away. — Michelle Mastro, Martha Stewart, 26 Sep. 2026 Adorning the white bricks are the names of all the actors who’ve played the lead roles in the show, a group that includes a slew of Broadway legends, but also quite a few unexpected show people. — Rebecca Milzoff, Billboard, 24 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bricks
Noun
  • Containing the ground game could put Seattle in predictable passing situations, giving the Chiefs a chance to pressure Darnold and force mistakes.
    — Neil Nakahodo, Kansas City Star, 22 Oct. 2026
  • But Orlando believes those types of mistakes are correctable.
    — Jason Beede, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Verizon’s 2026 healthcare breach snapshot identifies vulnerability exploitation, phishing and credential abuse among initial access routes, alongside persistent staff errors and misconfigurations.
    — Aliasgar Dohadwala, Forbes.com, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Potential industrial applications This was then used to tell the robot’s limbs what moves to make, all the while monitoring the cube’s state to check and correct for errors.
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Burks said that leadership blunders are at the problem’s crux.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Soon-to-be Cy Young Award winner Jacob Misiorowski held the Rays to just one run in his five innings, but certainly not without the help of some Rays baserunning blunders.
    — Ryan Morik OutKick, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 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 28 Oct. 2026.

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