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
  • Continuing to explore the hotel’s outdoor spaces, next up is the Almagra Rooftop, which gets its name from the originally Arabic word used to describe the typically reddish soil found in Seville.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Oct. 2026
  • The mangrove forest's mature trees and carbon-rich soils store earth warming greenhouse gases, said Marie Arnaud, a researcher at the French Sustainable Development Institute based at the Sorbonne University in Paris.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of soil
Noun
  • Japan has also raised concern over China's gradual escalation of its military activity around remote Japanese islands in the Pacific Ocean.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 20 Oct. 2026
  • The city said upcoming king tides have the potential to cause flooding along the Balboa Peninsula, islands in Newport Harbor and other areas.
    — Austin Turner, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of island
Noun
  • But the One Ring — the weapon that will reshape Middle-earth — is the true star, and the new peek at the third season revels in its creation.
    — Deborah Day, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
  • There is no working alternative to Starlink, which has put a massive constellation of low-earth satellites into orbit, and no direct competitor comes close.
    — Jennifer Jacobs, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of earth
Noun
  • Electric flight enters policing Astro could give officers another way to monitor the university’s campus and surrounding grounds.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 21 Oct. 2026
  • The network, along with MS NOW and Politico, won a preliminary injunction in federal court last week, a blow to Trump’s effort to bar the outlets from the White House grounds.
    — Scott Nover, Washington Post, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of ground
Noun
  • That project will produce about 415,000 cubic yards of sand that the city will deposit on the peninsula beach, extending it between 100 to 200 feet out from shore, Leland said.
    — Fedor Zarkhin, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Golfers, runners, birdwatchers, bikers, anglers and hobbyists of all stripes in and around Washington have long found common ground on the grassy peninsula of East Potomac Park.
    — Sophia Solano, Washington Post, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of peninsula
Noun
  • If successful, bits of dust, soil and rocks from Phobos will arrive on Earth in 2031.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Neither phone should be used carelessly at the beach, but that higher dust rating offers a little more peace of mind.
    — Nilay Patel, The Verge, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of dust

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“Bridge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bridge. Accessed 24 Oct. 2026.

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