bridge

noun

Definition of bridgenext
as in land

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Recent Examples of bridge The filmmaker unexpectedly came upon the bridge where her mother died and decided to confront this place with her camera. — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 7 Aug. 2026 The bridge was built in 1911 as part of the Air-Line Railroad to Thompson and beyond, an era when steam trains ran the rails. — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 7 Aug. 2026 In the early morning hours on Sunday, the Marine Unit responded after a woman entered the Chicago River from a downtown bridge. — Darius Johnson, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026 Workers will also build barrier walls, install a storm water pipe and start building structural parts of the bridge on site. — Dj Simmons, Charlotte Observer, 6 Aug. 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
  • Those cells can be loaded with Tomahawk land-attack missiles as well as hypersonic vehicles.
    — Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Despite their mass, the mammals do know how to accelerate in water and on land.
    — Dennis Romero, NBC news, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of land
Noun
  • Once the plastic ends up in a landfill, the tubes slowly fragment into microplastics that can get into the air, soil, and water.
    — Anne Makovec, CBS News, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Struck again on home soil by an audacious, if nongovernmental, enemy, the United States was again at war.
    — Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of soil
Noun
  • Or spending a day bouncing in the waves on a Caribbean island or on Florida’s Gulf Coast.
    — Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Designed to feel more like island residential living, all accommodations include a kitchen, in-unit washer and dryer, and private outdoor space set against a palette of deep earth tones and splashes of aqua blue.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of island
Noun
  • When Etna’s close companion handler Jason is killed after four years in earth-scorching combat, Etna sets out to rediscover his coastal puppyhood home in an unnamed region (Yoon’s details suggest Korea) across a wasteland strewn with refugee camps.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2026
  • SpaceX shares soared after the biggest IPO in history about two months ago – but have come back to earth since then, down from both their record high and their IPO price.
    — John Towfighi, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of earth
Noun
  • That’s when the north grounds of President's Park were thronged with booths, and attending crowds watched horse racing and cockfighting, according to the White House Historical Association.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Austin Riley drove in the first run of the night with a ground-rule double.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of ground
Noun
  • The property, where stays for August 6 were listed on Aman’s site for more than $6,000 a night, is located about a two-hour drive from San José del Cabo on the Baja California peninsula.
    — Marnie Hunter, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Kuda kepang was introduced to the southern Malaysian state of Johor by Javanese migrants who had settled in the peninsula as plantation workers and farmers in the 1910s through the 1930s.
    — H.M.A. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of peninsula
Noun
  • Emory University’s Salamova, who studies indoor exposure, found levels of QACs in dust in daycare and assisted living care facilities to be about three times higher than in residential homes.
    — Sandee LaMotte, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Korean lunar orbiter spots Falcon 9 crash site The collision was expected to create a crater about 60 feet wide and 12 feet deep and throw a plume of dust and rock outward into the air.
    — Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of dust

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“Bridge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bridge. Accessed 9 Aug. 2026.

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