riverbed

noun

Definition of riverbednext
as in ground

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Recent Examples of riverbed At one time, Loretta Street crossed the riverbed to connect with SR-76. — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Sep. 2026 The trees and water provide critical habitat for migrating birds where previously only a dry riverbed and brush awaited them. — Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 9 Sep. 2026 Most notably, the Turia Gardens, spanning more than five miles from the city to the sea, transform a former riverbed into an urban oasis with walking and bike paths. — Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Sep. 2026 The show imagines communities centered on the Mississippi River, which flows through Minneapolis, and the installation echoes a riverbed, with platforms approximating islands. — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 20 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for riverbed
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  1. ground
  2. foundation
  3. base
  4. floor
  5. basement
Noun
  • Developed by Ukrainian technology company SkyFall, the drone is intended to reduce rescue times from hours to minutes, reaching hard-to-access combat zones that are currently served by unmanned ground vehicles.
    — DEREK GATOPOULOS, Arkansas Online, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Democrats are gaining traction in red states and increasingly rebuilding a national brand shredded after the 2024 election, but there’s more ground to regain voters’ trust.
    — Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of ground
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  • The two nearly complete skeletons that serve as the foundation for the new research date to the Late Triassic period nearly 237 million years ago.
    — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Felucca is the foundation for many other community firmware projects, transforming the FM-1 into a true multi-engine synth.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of foundation
Noun
  • Powder hounds got a new reason to cheer when Gravity Haus, a 60-room ski-in/ski-out boutique hotel, opened in 2019 at the base of Breckenridge Ski Resort’s Peak 9.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Oct. 2026
  • Matsui, meanwhile, has tried to carefully navigate keeping her moderate Democrat base while appealing to Republicans who might view Vang as too liberal for the district.
    — Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of base
Noun
  • Inside, furnishings are minimal, with timber and cool-toned stone alongside floor-to-ceiling windows that frame the landscaped gardens.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Because food can be scarce there and people fear theft, individuals will store rice in their dirt-floor homes, Wagner says, allowing close contact with the rats that infest the island.
    — Faye Flam, Scientific American, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of floor
Noun
  • The 18-story building collapsed Friday in a busy commercial street of the capital Nairobi, trapping construction workers and people reportedly inside shops on the ground and basement floors that had been illegally occupied.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026
  • The narrator of the story is a ten-year-old girl who has been living with her parents and her younger brother in a small basement apartment until one morning, before school, her mother’s not there.
    — Cressida Leyshon, New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2026
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“Riverbed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/riverbed. Accessed 1 Nov. 2026.

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