bridge

noun

Definition of bridgenext
as in land

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Recent Examples of bridge These are an 11- to 22-minute walk. — Municipal Lot 92, mentioned above with its 225 spaces, is about a 15-minute walk. — Over the bridge in Brickell, on-street parking is available along Southeast Fifth and Sixth streets and Brickell Bay Drive. — Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 25 Mar. 2025 Caltrans built a temporary bridge and detour across the river that is still used today. — Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 25 Mar. 2025 Also part of the Rebuild Illinois plan are IDOT plans to replace the Route 20 bridge over the Fox River, an $80 million project. — Gloria Casas, Chicago Tribune, 15 Mar. 2025 After the car finished crossing the bridge and arrived on Canal Street in lower Manhattan, Majors asked the driver to stop. — Rebecca Keegan, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for bridge
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bridge
  1. land
  2. soil
  3. island
  4. earth
  5. ground
  6. peninsula
  7. dust
Noun
  • The first land encountered will be Celestial Park, which will be home to the Stardust Racers, a dueling roller coaster; Constellation Carousel; some eateries and portals to the other four themed areas.
    — Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 17 Mar. 2025
  • At this scenic patch of riverside land in a remote corner of Owyhee County, one of Idaho’s most influential families is preparing to move into a new business venture: luxury real estate.
    — Nick Rosenberger, Idaho Statesman, 17 Mar. 2025
Definition of land
Noun
  • Two dark-brown mushrooms stuck out of the damp soil.
    — Shayla Love, The Atlantic, 23 Mar. 2025
  • What To Know South Florida is home to hundreds of thousands of Cubans, many of whom fled their home country and claimed immunity from immigration enforcement by having already arrived on United States soil.
    — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 21 Mar. 2025
Definition of soil
Noun
  • Trump showed no indication of softening his ambition to take control of the island, which is an autonomous territory but part of the Kingdom of Denmark.
    — David Brennan, ABC News, 27 Mar. 2025
  • Greenland is an island nation roughly as big as Alaska and Montana combined.
    — George Petras, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2025
Definition of island
Noun
  • Oh, and—little detail—the earth’s surface has, apparently, been wiped clean by a world-historic climate event and a nuclear war, and everybody who survived is living in a bunker gussied up by its billionaire overlords to look like a perpetually temperate American suburb.
    — Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2025
  • With the ongoing hostilities, famine, and disease, among others, Sudan is hell on earth for children.
    — Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2025
Definition of earth
Noun
  • But Ukraine has lost ground there and the region was recently visited by Russian President Vladimir Putin, the first time he's been there since Ukraine invaded in August last year.
    — Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Mar. 2025
  • Strongly-scented soap, spinning pinwheels, coffee grounds, and human hair are not effective deterrents.
    — Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 26 Mar. 2025
Definition of ground
Noun
  • But one company has found a way to harness the harsh conditions of the Arabian peninsula and grow fresh food all year round.
    — Mike Scott, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
  • Multiple great white sharks have pinged off the coasts of Florida in recent weeks as spring break tourists descend on the peninsula.
    — Kim Luciani, USA TODAY, 14 Mar. 2025
Definition of peninsula
Noun
  • In asthma, the immune system overreacts to harmless environmental elements like pollen, mold, or dust, causing airway inflammation.
    — Carisa Brewster, Verywell Health, 20 Mar. 2025
  • As some know, director/screenwriter Elijah Bynum’s harrowing feature has been collecting dust on the shelf for two years due mostly to Majors’ problems, including his conviction of misdemeanor assaults against Grace Jabbari.
    — Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 20 Mar. 2025
Definition of dust

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