bridge

noun

Definition of bridgenext
as in land

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Recent Examples of bridge The body of a 66-year-old man was found Friday under a bridge in Istanbul’s Sariyer district. — Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026 Construction was completed in 2014, but the bridge remained unused for years because connecting roads and border facilities on the North Korean side were unfinished. — Gage Goulding, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2026 The bridge's South Walk has been closed since 2023 for construction. — Nick Caloway, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026 Nearby Parnham Park provided that missing piece, with its quaint wooden bridge and glassy lake completing the Dashwoods’ idyllic estate. — Charley Ward, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for bridge
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bridge
  1. land
  2. soil
  3. island
  4. earth
  5. ground
  6. peninsula
  7. dust
Noun
  • Submarine’s combat capabilities tested The launches demonstrated the submarine’s ability to engage targets at sea and on land while operating underwater in the Pacific Ocean.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Herds of cows waded across flooded pastures as ranchers guided them toward dry land.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of land
Noun
  • Obviously, the network of partners and proxies did not deter an attack on Iranian soil.
    — Ali Vaez, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2026
  • The work raises new questions about soil, carbon, and even what counts as an individual organism.
    — Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of soil
Noun
  • The pain is as big as the whole island and everything on it, looking behind every door, looking under every tree.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2026
  • The non-English crime drama will bring its mixture of whodunnit mystery and paradise location to the Croatian island of Brač.
    — Marta Balaga, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of island
Noun
  • The collection is organized around sun, sea and earth elements and was developed with perfumers Yann Vasnier, Christine Hassan, Rodrigo Flores-Roux, Caroline Sabas and Shyamala Maisondieu at Givaudan.
    — Kathryn Hopkins, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Their quest becomes more difficult every year, however, as the remains of pre-Columbian trees slough back into the earth or are dug up to make way for agriculture and construction.
    — M. R. O’Connor, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of earth
Noun
  • Expect Raman, whom City Hall opponents have long trashed as conflict-averse, to focus on a message of possibility and positivity while holding her ground and striking back — and hard — when necessary.
    — Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026
  • For now, PhoneBot has no arms, and its walking was trained only on flat ground.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of ground
Noun
  • Since then, getting to the movies has generally meant traveling for more than an hour each way for the 125,000 full-time residents of the peninsula.
    — Sam Fleischner, IndieWire, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Waves battered a century-old wooden boardwalk on the Long Beach peninsula and forced homeowners to evacuate.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of peninsula
Noun
  • And even for those who are holding down jobs, raises and promotions have become like gold dust.
    — Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Biddy covered most of the journey on foot—the equivalent of about six million steps—herding animals at the rear of her owner’s wagon company and choking her way through a moving screen of dust kicked up by the migrant caravan.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of dust

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“Bridge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bridge. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.

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