as in crest
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 ridge
Outside, 9 Feb. 2026
The 165-acre property is set on a mountain ridge, providing unobstructed views of the picture-perfect Arenal Volcano and valley below.
—Lauren P. Reyes, Travel + Leisure, 9 Feb. 2026
Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 July 2024
Neuroscientists have charted the mind’s incantation of words that lights up the temporal lobe, the frontal lobe, ridges in the cerebral cortex, triggering impulses that transform squiggles of ink into letters, letters to words, words to sentences and meaning and comprehension and empathy.
—Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2024
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Noun
At the 2010 Games, the USA and Canada filed protests against British athlete Amy Williams, arguing that her helmet had small ridges on it that gave her an unfair advantage.
—Outside, 9 Feb. 2026
The 165-acre property is set on a mountain ridge, providing unobstructed views of the picture-perfect Arenal Volcano and valley below.
—Lauren P. Reyes, Travel + Leisure, 9 Feb. 2026
Verb
The rocks formed during the Archean and persisted until they were squeezed out along the ocean ridges more than 2.5 billion years later.
—Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 July 2024
Neuroscientists have charted the mind’s incantation of words that lights up the temporal lobe, the frontal lobe, ridges in the cerebral cortex, triggering impulses that transform squiggles of ink into letters, letters to words, words to sentences and meaning and comprehension and empathy.
—Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ridge
Noun
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Williams, who was 17 years old at the time, tried to pass another vehicle just before the crest of a hill.—
Ryan Murphy,
IndyStar,
4 Feb. 2026
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Within three seasons, the cannon made its way onto the Blue Jackets sweater when the club created a new third jersey with the cannon as the main crest, resting on its caisson and pointing upward to the right of the sweater.—
Aaron Portzline,
New York Times,
2 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Snowflakes drift down like tiny nets, moving slowly and exposing lots of surface area, gathering more pollutants than fast-falling raindrops.—
Isabel Lopez,
Parents,
11 Feb. 2026
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There will be debates over whether the games have drifted too far from the original Olympian model and whether some, less-popular sports should be discarded in favor of more crowd-pleasing competitions.—
Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board,
The Orlando Sentinel,
11 Feb. 2026
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Apple should also bank a massive streaming audience for the first MLS game between Messi and Son.—
Kurt Badenhausen,
Sportico.com,
10 Feb. 2026
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The White House is banking that bigger tax refunds this spring will benefit Republicans in the fall, but some strategists and economists project that the political upside will be short-lived, Politico reports.—
Morgan Chalfant,
semafor.com,
9 Feb. 2026
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So would the ethnically distinct Irish Travellers and Romani people, with whom the Irish might be lumped.—
Jasmine Vojdani,
Vulture,
10 Feb. 2026
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By now, the Syrian opposition, once led by nonviolent protesters, was dominated by Islamists, who were divided and feckless and could be easily lumped together with the telegenic savageries of the Islamic State, known as ISIS.—
Robert F. Worth,
The Atlantic,
6 Feb. 2026
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Venus, Mercury, and Saturn will be clumped together just above the west horizon, the publication said, before setting an hour after sunset.—
Joshua Bessex,
Sacbee.com,
31 Jan. 2026
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These are gold NPs that clump together and form tiny spheres.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Jan. 2026
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“Ridge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ridge. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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