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bridge

noun

Definition of bridgenext
as in land

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Recent Examples of bridge Cinema is, after all, a language, and Belgian filmmakers come from a country built on the need to understand language as a bridge—between its regions, its people, and its idioms. — Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 11 Sep. 2026 The state unveiled designs for a new bridge in 2022, and now is working on construction, canopy installation and architectural work. — Amaia Gavica, Miami Herald, 11 Sep. 2026 The stadium expansion plan comes as the riverfront area continues rapidly transforming with new apartments, retail, outdoor amenities, a streetcar expansion, a pedestrian bridge and more near and on what was once a landfill. — Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 11 Sep. 2026 It is operated in conjunction with the local casino resort to bridge the two communities without a nearby bridge. — Jennie Key, Cincinnati Enquirer, 11 Sep. 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
  • Fertile lands afforded the capacity to grow export crops that supported farmers and made plantation owners fabulously wealthy.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Before construction began, the lot of land was flat and covered with vegetation.
    — Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of land
Noun
  • Compared to an 8-0-4 record at home this year and two losses on home soil all-time, getting a chance at home-field advantage in the postseason is more important than ever.
    — Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 16 Sep. 2026
  • The Observatory said at least 70 miners were killed or missing at the site, which stretches across a wide swath of fragile, sandy soil.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of soil
Noun
  • The fire happened less than two weeks after another Indonesian ferry caught fire off the main island of Java, with the loss of at least five people.
    — IMAN SATRIA, Arkansas Online, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Many accommodations here have private patios, adding to the feeling of staying in a gracious island home rather than a conventional hotel.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of island
Noun
  • Among the most destructive munitions in Western military arsenals, an MK-84 explosion sends metal fragments in every direction for thousands of feet, can rip through metal and thick concrete, and often creates large craters in the earth.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Below, explore 11 cities reclaimed by nature and the eerie beauty left behind when the earth reclaims what was only momentarily ours.
    — Charlotte Collins, Architectural Digest, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of earth
Noun
  • Instead of constructing a large containment structure above ground, the company plans to place the reactor inside a borehole roughly one mile below the surface.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 15 Sep. 2026
  • So prohibiting this technique on safety grounds would also tend to result in higher prices.
    — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of ground
Noun
  • Along with godwits, the peninsula was a summer home to yellowlegs, dowitchers, sandpipers, Arctic terns, and other species.
    — Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Door County Circle Tour Wisconsin A geographic quirk—70 north-south miles of narrow peninsula—means autumn stretches for weeks here.
    — Hannah Agran, Midwest Living, 12 Sep. 2026
Definition of peninsula
Noun
  • Questions remain about how many people developed health problems linked to the dust.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Sep. 2026
  • At the Great Omari Mosque, volunteers use paintbrushes to lift dust and gunpowder from the few thousand books that survived from a collection of twenty thousand.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of dust

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“Bridge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bridge. Accessed 17 Sep. 2026.

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