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
Brandi D. Addison, USA Today, 14 May 2026
Outside the store, a curl of smoke rose from behind a ridge to the south.
—Maggie Slepian, Longreads, 14 May 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
The key factor is whether surrounding weather systems are strong enough to dislodge the ridge in the middle.
—Brandi D. Addison, USA Today, 14 May 2026
Outside the store, a curl of smoke rose from behind a ridge to the south.
—Maggie Slepian, Longreads, 14 May 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
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The all-gold logo, a feature in line with the president's taste as he's designed his signature properties and parts of the White House, also features a crest shield over the bird’s body with stars and stripes.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
6 May 2026
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The poster for last season’s round-of-16 win against Liverpool combined the Merseyside club’s liver bird crest with the Eiffel Tower from the PSG badge, while the design for the semi-final against Arsenal featured the North London side’s iconic cannon lined up against the tower.—
Tomás Hill López-Menchero,
New York Times,
5 May 2026
Verb
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The patient noted tiny gray flecks drifting across his field of vision a week ago.—
Peter Ubel,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2026
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These jellyfish are commonly seen in the open ocean but can drift closer to shore on occasion.—
Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado,
Sacbee.com,
20 May 2026
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For the past 50 years, and in anticipation of their demise, scientists have been banking tissue samples of the species in repositories like San Diego’s Frozen Zoo.—
Alex Morris,
Rolling Stone,
19 May 2026
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These included shelf registration, relaxed international capital controls, eased restrictions on bank deposits, the rise of index and money market funds, lax oversight of corporate mergers and takeovers, and the creation of banking free-trade zones.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 May 2026
Verb
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Because he's lumped this affair into the oppression of the people bucket, and Miss Fauset handles these kinds of things for Papa.—
Danielle Parker,
CBS News,
18 May 2026
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Polis even name-checked the program and Colorado’s best-in-the-nation childhood poverty rate in his final State of the State address — albeit, lumped in with a celebration of cuts to property taxes and income taxes.—
Nick Coltrain,
Denver Post,
13 May 2026
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Finely ground powders like cinnamon, garlic powder, onion powder, or paprika are most likely to clump up, since their small particles readily absorb moisture.—
Katie Rosenhouse,
Southern Living,
9 May 2026
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Compared with standard catalysts that degrade or clump together through sintering at high temperatures, these multimetallic particles remained effective even after 12 hours at 900°C.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
7 May 2026
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“Ridge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ridge. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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