as in crest
the line formed when two sloping surfaces come together along their topmost edge
pigeons roosting along the ridge of the roof
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Recent Examples of ridge
Mary Ours, CBS News, 22 Feb. 2026
If finding indoor shelter is not an option: Steer clear of open fields, hilltops, or ridge tops.
—Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 18 Feb. 2026
Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 July 2024
Neuroscientists have charted the mind’s incantation of words that lights up the temporal lobe, the frontal lobe, ridges in the cerebral cortex, triggering impulses that transform squiggles of ink into letters, letters to words, words to sentences and meaning and comprehension and empathy.
—Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2024
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Noun
There is a Winter Storm Warning for the ridges of Westmoreland and Fayette County through late Monday night.
—Mary Ours, CBS News, 22 Feb. 2026
If finding indoor shelter is not an option: Steer clear of open fields, hilltops, or ridge tops.
—Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 18 Feb. 2026
Verb
The rocks formed during the Archean and persisted until they were squeezed out along the ocean ridges more than 2.5 billion years later.
—Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 July 2024
Neuroscientists have charted the mind’s incantation of words that lights up the temporal lobe, the frontal lobe, ridges in the cerebral cortex, triggering impulses that transform squiggles of ink into letters, letters to words, words to sentences and meaning and comprehension and empathy.
—Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ridge
Noun
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The Miami players, dressed up in dark suits with the club crest, entered the East Room first.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
5 Mar. 2026
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The hipbelt wings each flare to about 5 inches wide on either side of the spine, fully wrapping the iliac crests and providing decent load distribution to the hips.—
Corey Buhay,
Outside,
3 Mar. 2026
Verb
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While both candidates occupied the party’s progressive flank, Talarico presented himself as a Democrat who could speak the language of faith and values to voters who have drifted rightward in recent years.—
Nik Popli,
Time,
4 Mar. 2026
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Breakfast patios overlook rafters drifting by; anglers cast from stone embankments; kayakers practice freestyle moves at the whitewater park in the middle of it all.—
Ted Alvarez,
Outside,
4 Mar. 2026
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Colorado killed two of the three penalties but was not yet back to full strength when Eriksson Ek banked the puck off the inside of Blackwood’s leg for a 2-1 lead heading into the second break.—
Jess Myers,
Twin Cities,
27 Feb. 2026
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But Tesla, which is banking much of its future on robotaxis, wants the DMV to go further.—
Lora Kolodny,
CNBC,
23 Feb. 2026
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What made the whole affair so sad was that everybody seemed to be responding to something different, though it all got lumped into the same rolling controversy.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
26 Feb. 2026
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Wall Street analysts generally like MongoDB as a software stock that should not be lumped in with the rest.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
24 Feb. 2026
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First, a few grains of dust clump together in the disk of material around a newborn star, and their combined gravity is enough to start attracting even more dust.—
Kiona N. Smith,
Space.com,
2 Mar. 2026
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These areas mimic a natural desert oasis environment, where trees are clumped together and left to grow naturally, producing fruit and nourishing the local wildlife.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
21 Feb. 2026
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“Ridge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ridge. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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