RIVERBEDS Synonyms: 8 Similar and Opposite Words

riverbeds

noun

plural of riverbed

as in foundations

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surfaces

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Noun

The next chapter of AI belongs to the R&D aimed at foundations, and the need for it has never been greater.

— Charles Yeomans, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
Stephen Colbert doesn’t think the foundations of America have been shaken by the cancellation of The Late Show.

— Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of foundations

Noun

Instead of constructing a large containment structure above ground, the company plans to place the reactor inside a borehole roughly one mile below the surface.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 15 Sep. 2026
So prohibiting this technique on safety grounds would also tend to result in higher prices.

— Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of ground

Noun

Many of the items that the couple had stored were of the type that people keep in basements, but the high water table in most of Florida makes basements a rarity.

— David Owen, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026
Jet fuel burns as hot as kerosene — twice as hot as wood — and firefighters battle kerosene fires every day in the basements of tenements all over the city.

— Peter Wilkinson, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of basements

Noun

Efforts to save the trees Town workers have sought to save the trees by flooding their bases with water in an attempt to dilute the chemicals.

— Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 17 Sep. 2026
Mariners reliever Carlos Vargas (1-0) struck out Josh Lowe and Christian Moore — each on three pitches — with the bases loaded to end the bottom of the fifth, and Seattle pushed the lead to 7-2 on RBI singles by Canzone and Raleigh in the sixth.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of bases

Noun

The company had employees on other floors, too, with about 1,100 in the building that day.

— Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 6 Sep. 2026
On the morning of September 11, 2001, Sekou Siby should have been 107 floors above Manhattan, supervising the breakfast cold- food station at the iconic Windows on the World restaurant.

— Faith Karimi, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of floors

Noun

The new constructions added nearly 3,000 beds to the state’s capacity for those detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

— Sofia Williams, Sacbee.com, 14 Sep. 2026
With beds for ten, this former 1860s church sets the stage for an atmospheric fall trip with friends.

— Madeline Weinfield, Vogue, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of beds

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