ridged

verb

past tense of ridge
as in banked

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  1. banked
  2. drifted
  3. clumped
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  • Bauman has banked his own and says that not a week passes without a celebrity inquiry.
    — Ramona Saviss, HollywoodReporter, 15 July 2026
  • Nia Coffey banked in a three-pointer on the Lynx’s next possession for an 11-point lead.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026
Definition of banked
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  • Sales taxes have drifted gradually higher over multiple decades, said Loughead of the Tax Foundation.
    — Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 30 July 2026
  • Defeated, the dementor drifted down the aisle and out of sight.
    — Emily Tarinelli, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026
Definition of drifted
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  • The heroine’s eyes are filled with yearning, her eyelashes glistening and ever-so-perfectly clumped?
    — Jeanne Ballion, Vogue, 5 July 2026
  • The same is true if the entire jar seems overly hardened or clumped into a solid mass.
    — Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 9 May 2026
Definition of clumped
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