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
Kerry Breen, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2026
Lighting conditions during the flyby are expected to cast long shadows across the surface, revealing geological features such as ridges and crater rims in greater detail.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 6 Apr. 2026
Soft ridges and an arched handle make this teapot positively Regency-inspired.
—Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Apr. 2026
Its images of craters, ridges and ancient lava flows on the lunar surface could help scientists better understand how the moon — and the solar system — formed.
—Tom Costello, NBC news, 4 Apr. 2026
As gray dawn seeped into the mountain woods, the wildlife symphony rang down the ridges and through the high coves.
—Charles Elliott, Outdoor Life, 2 Apr. 2026
If the Sun is lower on the horizon, long shadows will stretch across the surface, enhancing relief and revealing depth, ridges, slopes, and crater rims that are often difficult to detect under full illumination.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2026
Even subtle ridges or patterns can create enough friction to prevent movement.
—Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 31 Mar. 2026
What are the shadows doing, coming off the ridges of those canyons?
—Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 29 Mar. 2026
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During their flyby on April 6, 2026, the Artemis II crew captured a portion of the moon along the boundary between lunar day and night, where low-angle sunlight casts long, dramatic shadows across the surface, revealing rugged topography, craters and ridges in striking detail.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2026
Lighting conditions during the flyby are expected to cast long shadows across the surface, revealing geological features such as ridges and crater rims in greater detail.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 6 Apr. 2026
Soft ridges and an arched handle make this teapot positively Regency-inspired.
—Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Apr. 2026
Its images of craters, ridges and ancient lava flows on the lunar surface could help scientists better understand how the moon — and the solar system — formed.
—Tom Costello, NBC news, 4 Apr. 2026
As gray dawn seeped into the mountain woods, the wildlife symphony rang down the ridges and through the high coves.
—Charles Elliott, Outdoor Life, 2 Apr. 2026
If the Sun is lower on the horizon, long shadows will stretch across the surface, enhancing relief and revealing depth, ridges, slopes, and crater rims that are often difficult to detect under full illumination.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2026
Even subtle ridges or patterns can create enough friction to prevent movement.
—Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 31 Mar. 2026
What are the shadows doing, coming off the ridges of those canyons?
—Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 29 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ridges
Noun
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While some of the paintings were directly paid for by the city, most were paid for by prominent Lucerne families whose names and crests are still visible along the bottom of the artworks.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
4 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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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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Like generations of potential treatments before it, KRSA-028 is designed to break down a protein called amyloid that clumps up in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients.—
Allison DeAngelis,
STAT,
18 Feb. 2026
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However, sometimes the abnormal IgA (the antibody that clumps up and causes problems) does run in families.—
Brandi Jones,
Health,
15 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Wandering through the wash, the mind drifts not to the film but to the flash floods that move through this channel after heavy rains, sudden torrents cutting and reshaping the valley floor in a matter of hours.—
Josh Jackson,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Apr. 2026
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Written by Mescudi, Doe explores themes of addiction and survival through the lens of a man living on the streets of Hollywood who, over the course of 24 hours, drifts through a series of encounters that pull him in and out of the cycles of his compulsion.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
2 Apr. 2026
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“Ridges.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ridges. Accessed 10 Apr. 2026.
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