bridge

noun

Definition of bridgenext
as in land

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Recent Examples of bridge Kagan, often seen as a bridge-builder, echoed that approach in her comments Thursday, which followed her testimony before Congress alongside conservative Justice Amy Coney Barrett last week on security threats and other issues facing the court. — Gene Johnson, Fortune, 24 July 2026 According to The Hill, plans to participate in an opening ceremony for a new bridge connecting Windsor and Detroit have been canceled. — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 23 July 2026 The highway and railway bridge strikes appeared aimed at cutting off Bandar Abbas, Iran’s main port, from roads leading into the Islamic Republic’s central region onward to Tehran, the capital. — Jon Gambrell, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2026 The work includes bridge deck joint repair work and it will be performed on various bridges from Exit 46 to Exit 50 by Dynamic Surface Applications LTD. — Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 17 July 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
  • Alaska’s remote, hard-to-reach capital is the largest state capital in the nation by land mass and there sure is a lot to love.
    — Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 25 July 2026
  • What was once a busy crossing between the two countries is now a quiet, mine-laden stretch of land closed off to civilians.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 25 July 2026
Definition of land
Noun
  • Tszyu has never lost on home soil, and this is his middleweight debut in front of a Sydney crowd.
    — Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026
  • His extradition shortly after leaving office marked a rare chance at justice for Hondurans, who feared his hold on the country's justice system would never allow a conviction on Honduran soil.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 26 July 2026
Definition of soil
Noun
  • Bird flu is a real concern for the fate of the kākāpō because most of the population, totalling just 235, lives on one tiny island sanctuary that lies off the wild coast of Rakiura/Stewart Island.
    — Todd Symons, CNN Money, 22 July 2026
  • This coming-of-age story follows two teenagers, childhood best friends, who reunite for a summer on a small rural island in Korea.
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 21 July 2026
Definition of island
Noun
  • Exciting, hard-working and down to earth, his star quality far surpassed anything seen at The Dell before — or at Southampton since.
    — James Pearce, New York Times, 22 July 2026
  • The record there shows us a circle of 15-foot-high limestone walls with towers and ramparts on a verdant coastal plain, not a desert city of earth and clay.
    — Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 22 July 2026
Definition of earth
Noun
  • But lawyers for the Haitians maintained a narrow challenge on constitutional grounds.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 23 July 2026
  • History makes clear that the deployment of large ground formations is no guarantee of strategic success.
    — David A. Deptula, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
Definition of ground
Noun
  • Evacuation boats are operating from three piers on the peninsula, which is situated about 70 kilometers (43 miles) west of Bordeaux in southwestern France, the province’s prefect, Sophie Brocas, said Friday morning.
    — Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 24 July 2026
  • Fausto was far from land, about 1,300 miles (2,090 kilometers) west of the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula of Mexico and about 1,600 miles (2,575 kilometers) east of Hilo, Hawaii.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 July 2026
Definition of peninsula
Noun
  • The nova also spawned a thick disc of dust that completely obscured the binary star system.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 24 July 2026
  • William Burgos and Nathaniel Warner, professors of environmental engineering at Penn State, have spent years testing whether oil and gas brine actually works as a road dust suppressant.
    — Nathaniel Warner, The Conversation, 24 July 2026
Definition of dust

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