RIDGED Synonyms: 19 Similar and Opposite Words

ridged

verb

past tense of ridge

as in banked

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The Wildcats thumped Colorado last Saturday in their final game at the makeshift facility, banked along Lake Michigan, that has served as the team’s temporary home for the last two years.

— Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 25 Sep. 2026
Shortly after leaving Boston, American Airlines Flight 11 to Los Angeles banked south near Albany and raced down the Hudson River Valley.

— Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 6 Sep. 2026

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After the young widow stepped back behind the black curtains, where scoops of mint chocolate chip in disposable bamboo bowls drifted through a room of donors and White House staffers, the evening moved from celebration to wake.

— Clara Molot, Vanity Fair, 29 Sep. 2026
Now Alicia, a New York dame, drifted over to the orange jackets.

— Anand Giridharadas, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2026

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This explains why the isotopes are so well mixed rather than clumped, and also tells us that Bennu's parent probably formed not long after Jupiter did.

— Keith Cooper, Space.com, 27 Sep. 2026
The heroine’s eyes are filled with yearning, her eyelashes glistening and ever-so-perfectly clumped?

— Jeanne Ballion, Vogue, 5 July 2026

Definition of clumped

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