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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

Through native title and land rights, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ connection to their traditional lands and waters is now legally recognized across more than half of Australia, though rarely as full ownership.

— Liam Freeman, Vogue, 11 Nov. 2026
How did that inform your book about two people who end up trying to make their way in foreign lands?

— Stuart Miller, Oc Register, 11 Nov. 2026

Definition of lands

Noun

The rising sea filled what had once been an enormous river valley, creating the bay and turning high points into islands like Tangier.

— John Anglim, CNN Money, 11 Nov. 2026
It is located 2,200 miles west of mainland Chile and is the easternmost outpost within the chain of Polynesian islands.

— Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 11 Nov. 2026

Definition of islands

Noun

Kyiv has claimed responsibility for some attacks on Russian soil.

— Harriet Morris, Los Angeles Times, 12 Nov. 2026
The design of the bracing needs to take into account the kind of soil in the area, as well as the weight of the neighboring building and that building’s foundation.

— Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 12 Nov. 2026

Definition of soil

Noun

On the contrary, the thought of becoming an exotic foreigner—who smelled of the sea and cited Southern temperament as grounds for her imbalances—thrilled me.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 Nov. 2026
Dior and Ewha have a long-standing relationship that garnered international attention when the French fashion house unveiled its pre-fall 2022 women’s ready-to-wear collection on the picturesque grounds of the private university.

— Miles Socha, Footwear News, 12 Nov. 2026

Definition of grounds

Noun

Covered in white dust, Hilda walked home and checked in with family, both in the city and her native Dominican Republic.

— Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 12 Nov. 2026
The study of these objects, some of the largest structures in the cosmos, can reveal how matter came together across the larger network of gas, dust and dark matter called the cosmic web.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 12 Nov. 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

In the Dreamtime, the Waugyl (Rainbow Serpent) moved across the earth, carving out rivers and mountains—not a god, just how our culture explains creation, without religion as it’s commonly understood.

— Liam Freeman, Vogue, 11 Nov. 2026
The heatwave is, of course, being felt across the whole of Middle-earth.

— Alex Ritman, Variety, 10 Nov. 2026

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