as in crests
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 ridges
Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
Wind gusts will be particularly strong along windward ridges and exposed coastal headlands.
—Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 3 Nov. 2025
The filmmaker turns his camera on Jamuna (20) and her younger sister Anmuna, from the bustle of Kathmandu to the high ridges of the Himalayas.
—Annika Pham, Variety, 24 Oct. 2025
On a hike along the Aletch Glacier—the longest and, in my opinion, most beautiful in Europe-–I stood over an ant-sized family with two young children crossing where the glacier runs a mile-wide and the ice rises so high, you could get lost between ridges.
—Anna Fiorentino, Travel + Leisure, 23 Oct. 2025
By analyzing tree rings from across the Northern Hemisphere, scientists reconstructed the long-term history of an atmospheric phenomenon known as a locked wave-5 jet stream pattern — where the jet stream forms five wavy ridges and troughs around the planet.
—Hayleigh Evans, AZCentral.com, 13 Oct. 2025
The mouse’s body is wrapped in a rubber-like exterior, with slight ridges across its backside to provide additional support and comfort for the palm of your hand.
—PC Magazine, 12 Oct. 2025
Hexagonal steel ridges offer an incredible sear while the nonstick coating makes for an easy clean.
—Christopher Murray
May Earn A Commission If You Buy Through Our Referral Links. This Content Was Created By A Team That Works Independently From The Fox Newsroom., FOXNews.com, 9 Oct. 2025
Introduced in 2023 as the Japanese watchmaker’s first mechanical chronograph, the original Tentagraph featured a blue dial with a radial design meant to evoke the ridges of the Honshū mountain.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 30 Sep. 2025
Noun
The strongest wind gusts were reported over coastal ridges in excess of 75 mph.
—Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
Wind gusts will be particularly strong along windward ridges and exposed coastal headlands.
—Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 3 Nov. 2025
The filmmaker turns his camera on Jamuna (20) and her younger sister Anmuna, from the bustle of Kathmandu to the high ridges of the Himalayas.
—Annika Pham, Variety, 24 Oct. 2025
On a hike along the Aletch Glacier—the longest and, in my opinion, most beautiful in Europe-–I stood over an ant-sized family with two young children crossing where the glacier runs a mile-wide and the ice rises so high, you could get lost between ridges.
—Anna Fiorentino, Travel + Leisure, 23 Oct. 2025
By analyzing tree rings from across the Northern Hemisphere, scientists reconstructed the long-term history of an atmospheric phenomenon known as a locked wave-5 jet stream pattern — where the jet stream forms five wavy ridges and troughs around the planet.
—Hayleigh Evans, AZCentral.com, 13 Oct. 2025
The mouse’s body is wrapped in a rubber-like exterior, with slight ridges across its backside to provide additional support and comfort for the palm of your hand.
—PC Magazine, 12 Oct. 2025
Hexagonal steel ridges offer an incredible sear while the nonstick coating makes for an easy clean.
—Christopher Murray
May Earn A Commission If You Buy Through Our Referral Links. This Content Was Created By A Team That Works Independently From The Fox Newsroom., FOXNews.com, 9 Oct. 2025
Introduced in 2023 as the Japanese watchmaker’s first mechanical chronograph, the original Tentagraph featured a blue dial with a radial design meant to evoke the ridges of the Honshū mountain.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 30 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ridges
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Leaves may be flat or wavy or even cylindrical and shaped like tusks, arranged in a configuration like a fan, or maybe a pineapple top or the most emphatic of cockatoo’s crests.—
The New York Times News Service Syndicate,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Oct. 2025
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These dinosaurs had elaborate head crests connected to their nasal passages, which scientists believe worked as natural resonance chambers.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The group banks its seventh champ total.—
Pamela Bustios,
Billboard,
4 Nov. 2025
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To them, bank lending has multiplicative qualities whereby Bank A rents $100,000 from a saver, lends out $90,000 to a borrower who then banks the money at Bank B, only for Bank B to lend out $81,000, only for the borrower to bank the $81,000 at Bank C that lends out $72,900.—
John Tamny,
Forbes.com,
31 Aug. 2025
Verb
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The alum then clumps the smaller, suspended fats together for easy removal.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
21 Aug. 2025
Verb
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This could then support the idea of a relic magnetic field existing in the intergalactic medium, the matter that drifts between galaxies.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
5 Nov. 2025
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Music drifts through the salt air as roadside vendors fry fish on bare concrete slabs, their foodstands long washed away.—
David Culver,
CNN Money,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Ridges.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ridges. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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