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
Ron Smiley,
CBS News,
28 June 2026
When a large ridge of high pressure settles over Europe, in this case driving record-setting heat, there will be a similar phenomenon along the East Coast of the United States, Merrill said.
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Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
23 June 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.
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Thomas Curwen,
Los Angeles Times,
29 May 2024
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Noun
Model data and ensembles point to the powerful ridge that pushes our temperatures into the 90s being around through at least next Sunday and maybe even next Monday.
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Ron Smiley,
CBS News,
28 June 2026
When a large ridge of high pressure settles over Europe, in this case driving record-setting heat, there will be a similar phenomenon along the East Coast of the United States, Merrill said.
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Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
23 June 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.
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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
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From the peaks of the Sahyadri mountains, crests of the Western Ghats which loom dramatically above us, the Vavali stream flows down to the lake-like Pawna reservoir.
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Behind the judge’s chair hung a massive crest of an eagle with wings spread, its fierce beak turned stage right.
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Yamal was a thorn in Saudi Arabia’s side, drifting infield to unleash shots from distance but also peppering the penalty area with wicked deliveries from the right flank.
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When those models drift or their assumptions fail, errors can scale rapidly.
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Rather than seek user consent, X merely updated its terms, advocates said, seemingly banking its AI business on users not reading about updates.
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The FPCs have to file legally binding financial statements which reveal everything from the headcount and social security payments of the staff to the amount of reimbursement banked by the studio and the total cost of the production.
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If anecdotal evidence is anything to go by, the tens of millions of viewers tuning into Fox every day for the soccer spectacle can be lumped into a single body, inasmuch as everybody—as in, like, everybody—seems to dislike Lalas … or at least the version of himself that he’s ginned up for TV.
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Daxon Rudolph’s offensive upside Carels, Reid, Šmits and Verhoeff are generally viewed as the top-four defensemen in the class, but some scouts lump Daxon Rudolph into the same tier.
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The Leipzig Public Transportation Authority said that the high temperatures had caused the joint sealant for asphalt and concrete in switches and tracks to run and clump together in many places throughout the city's network.
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The Leipzig Public Transportation Authority said that the high temperatures had caused the joint sealant for asphalt and concrete in switches and tracks to run and clump together in many places throughout the city’s network.
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“Ridge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ridge. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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