bridges

Definition of bridgesnext
plural of bridge

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Recent Examples of bridges Milwaukee's older bridges, though, are in better shape than the average Wisconsin bridge built the same decade, the report says. Anna Kleiber, jsonline.com, 25 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bridges
Noun
  • The service Service lands somewhere between polished business-hotel professionalism and genuine warmth.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 May 2026
  • Hunting, gathering, and ceremonies connected to the Brunot lands are integral to Ute religious and cultural life, with the Ute people historically returning to familiar hunting and gathering areas year after year.
    Shaun Chapoose, Denver Post, 20 May 2026
Noun
  • Here are some of the most underrated islands in Italy.
    Nicky Swallow, Travel + Leisure, 17 May 2026
  • For example, small islands are far more abundant than large ones—a pattern of complexity that makes the distribution of sizes for Earth’s islands fractal, too.
    Alex Music, Scientific American, 16 May 2026
Noun
  • For gardeners, or hope-to-be gardeners, summer is the season to try to new plants, design a new garden bed, amend soil, and more.
    Hiranmayi Srinivasan, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 May 2026
  • The tests are intended to evaluate how the product performs across a range of soils, climates, and agricultural conditions.
    Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 17 May 2026
Noun
  • In recent years, even some advocates of free trade have come around to the idea that certain tariffs can be justified on strategic and national-security grounds, especially when working with an avowedly mercantilist country like China.
    John Cassidy, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
  • Russia’s largest airport — Moscow’s Sheremetyevo — reported that drone debris had fallen on its grounds without causing damage or affecting flights.
    Samya Kullab, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2026
Noun
  • Dirty filters can cause allergies by circulating dust, mold, and other allergens throughout your home when the AC is on during the summer.
    Hiranmayi Srinivasan, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 May 2026
  • Their modus operandi is to rescue interesting old buildings in a sorry state of disrepair and liberally sprinkle fairy dust over them.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 May 2026
Noun
  • Eddies downstream from peninsulas, brush tops, sunken trees, deep holes, and other current breaks are ideal.
    John Phillips, Outdoor Life, 14 May 2026
  • Among its wealth of offerings, this Midwestern state also boasts a slew of charming towns on its two peninsulas.
    Katy Spratte Joyce, Travel + Leisure, 9 May 2026
Noun
  • Back in the ‘80s, Breitling’s then-owner Ernest Schneider teamed up with the Frecce Tricolori, the Italian Air Force squad who execute precise, choreographed routines in the sky, to create a timepiece that could perform in the cockpit and look good back down on earth, too.
    Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 19 May 2026
  • Double-bass glissandos hint at hands grubbing in the earth, while abrupt moments of concerted action—notably, an accordion wheezing out an F-sharp-minor chord—suggest flickering signals and transmissions.
    Alex Ross, New Yorker, 18 May 2026

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“Bridges.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bridges. Accessed 22 May. 2026.

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