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bridges

noun

Definition of bridges

plural of bridge

as in lands

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Recent Examples of bridges Girard-Perregaux Minute Repeater Flying bridges Girard-Perregaux’s new caliber GP9530 is an automatic minute repeater and tourbillon, interpreted here with the third bridge of GP’s iconic movement positioned on the caseback. — Carol Besler, Forbes.com, 23 May 2026 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

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Noun

The community is now mostly scattered across Alaska, and some have relocated far from their ancestral lands.

— Brittney Melton, NPR, 4 Nov. 2026
The Hero Keyboard lands somewhere between the two, designed to plug into whatever display happens to be nearby.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of lands

Noun

Bastia, which sits in the former chapel space of the building, celebrates the food of neighboring Mediterranean islands Sardinia and Corsica.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Nov. 2026
Iranian state media reported explosions being heard on the islands of Qeshm and Hengam in the strategic Strait of Hormuz, and in the nearby mainland area of Bandar Abbas.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of islands

Noun

That includes soil or fertilizer in the field, farmworkers’ hands, processing and shipping, other shoppers and cross-contamination at home.

— Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 3 Nov. 2026
The work includes excavation to retrieve a soil sample and debris removal, as well as installing sandbags to mitigate further damage from strong waves and coastal erosion.

— Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of soil

Noun

Much closer, and visible from Ulum's patio and grounds, is the Looking Glass Arch (just a five-minute walk).

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Oct. 2026
But an extreme marine heat wave and a strong El Niño have pushed Southern California water temperatures closer to those of the turtles’ typical nesting grounds.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of grounds

Noun

But there are actual terrifying objects in space, entities operating on a scale that crush our minds and reduce our human experience to a mote of dust floating in the dark.

— Phil Plait, Scientific American, 30 Oct. 2026
Keep appliances clean and free of dust, following the manufacturer’s cleaning instructions.

— Lynn Andriani, Martha Stewart, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of dust

Noun

For Michigan, the forecast is essentially divided up between the two peninsulas, but the throughline appears to be milder temperatures and below-average snowfall.

— Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 3 Sep. 2026
Permafrost changes underway in 2026 The Seward and Baldwin peninsulas in northwestern Alaska are hot spots for lakes suddenly draining.

— Anna Liljedahl, The Conversation, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of peninsulas

Noun

Johansson won his Sens debut last month but has come back to earth in his last two appearances.

— Julian McKenzie, New York Times, 5 Nov. 2026
Inflation had come back down to earth in the last year of Joe Biden’s presidency, but that wasn’t enough to convince voters to give Democrats another chance in 2024.

— David Goldman, CNN Money, 4 Nov. 2026

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