bridges

Definition of bridgesnext
plural of bridge

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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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bridges
Noun
  • At Cosmedica, the price is built to remove the small logistics that make a foreign trip stressful, and most of the planning happens before a patient lands.
    Malana VanTyler, Miami Herald, 24 June 2026
  • European colonizers in lands that became the United States did link church and state.
    Peter C. Mancall, The Conversation, 24 June 2026
Noun
  • More atelier than dressing room, complete with three custom islands and watch drawers.
    Natalie Hoberman, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026
  • Officially called Cabo Verde, with its population of about 500,000, the country is an archipelago of ten islands off the coast of West Africa.
    Rebecca Hyman, USA Today, 27 June 2026
Noun
  • However, in New England, silage corn harvest can extend to late October due to labor constraints, unfavorable soil conditions, and weather variability, which can substantially narrow the window for early cover crop establishment using these conventional drill-seeding methods.
    Nora Doonan, Hartford Courant, 28 June 2026
  • Carrots prefer deep, loose, fertile, loamy or sandy soil.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 28 June 2026
Noun
  • And whereas Fischer described without judgment the family patterns, social customs, and religious lineage of his four groups, Reynolds contrasts his two on ideological and ultimately moral grounds.
    James Traub, The Atlantic, 28 June 2026
  • Aberdeen Proving Grounds are, in effect, Akehurst’s grounds to care for.
    Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun, 28 June 2026
Noun
  • Considered rare in the cosmos, super-puffs are thought to form around the disk of gas and dust around a newborn star where there is more gas than dust.
    Marcia Dunn, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2026
  • The dust-ups might have driven the Honeywells away from their island paradise, more casualties of the lottery curse.
    Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 28 June 2026
Noun
  • Top 5 Can’t Miss Explore the beauty of the Northern Neck—the northernmost of Virginia's three peninsulas—at Hughlett Point Natural Area Preserve.
    Simon Davidson, Travel + Leisure, 19 June 2026
  • Key sections include the northern Kullaleden and Bjäre peninsulas and the coastal Österlen Way in the east — a quieter alternative to the more popular Stockholm Archipelago routes.
    Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 4 June 2026
Noun
  • Big dreams may crash down to earth when daily reality gets involved.
    USA TODAY, USA Today, 23 June 2026
  • But from a theatrical standpoint, the opportunity to descend into the earth, wander through dark corridors, and sample historic bottles by candlelight?
    Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 23 June 2026

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“Bridges.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bridges. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.

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