as in cavern
a naturally formed underground chamber with an opening to the surface
Kentucky's Mammoth Cave is actually a series of large chambers on five levels
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Recent Examples of cave
ABC News, 24 Aug. 2025
And 2025 has been a particularly rough financially, as Black shoppers organized a boycott over Target’s decision to cave to right-wing pressure on diverse hiring goals.
—Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2025
Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025
Rewriting burial history In the new paper, Berger’s team explained that the bodies became encased in sediment shortly after entering the cave system in at least three locations.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 12 Sep. 2025
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Noun
Many feared their new president would cave to Russia.
—ABC News, 24 Aug. 2025
And 2025 has been a particularly rough financially, as Black shoppers organized a boycott over Target’s decision to cave to right-wing pressure on diverse hiring goals.
—Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2025
Verb
The region in New South Wales is renowned for its rivers, peaks, glacial lakes and caves.
—Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025
Rewriting burial history In the new paper, Berger’s team explained that the bodies became encased in sediment shortly after entering the cave system in at least three locations.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 12 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cave
Noun
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Beautiful caverns adorned with foliage and flowers are frequently sandwiched between dungeons filled with cages and cold steel.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
19 Sep. 2025
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Archaeologists have found bone fragments, arrowheads, and even the calcified remains of a young girl in a section called Skeleton’s Gorge—evidence that Native Americans may have used the caverns as far back as 500 years ago.—
Alexandra Emanuelli,
Southern Living,
16 Sep. 2025
Verb
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In order to advance to the semifinalist round, brands had to submit clinical data backing up their claims.—
Megan McIntyre,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
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The proposal was submitted by Jay Butera, 67, a staunch climate advocate and investor who has held shares in Tesla since the company’s 2010 IPO.—
Amanda Gerut,
Fortune,
16 Sep. 2025
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Or for a more tranquil setting, a grotto is tucked into the corner of the lagoon.—
Mia Taylor,
Boston Herald,
7 Sep. 2025
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To keep things fresh, producers have ventured into hitherto uncharted baking grottoes.—
Ruby Tandoh,
New Yorker,
25 Aug. 2025
Verb
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But the vote provoked a firestorm from progressive groups and rank-and-file Democrats, who accused him of capitulating without winning concessions.—
Nik Popli,
Time,
19 Sep. 2025
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The companies have to have the courage not to capitulate.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
19 Sep. 2025
Verb
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As a discipline, advertising is beset by all sorts of weird internal contradictions, although that’s probably to be expected, given the thankless job commercials are tasked with carrying out.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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That event was still beset by confrontations, with someone jumping on a police officer, protesters smashing glass panes in the doors of the venue and members of the Proud Boys – a far-right group – clashing with demonstrators, according to local media reports.—
Curt Devine,
CNN Money,
12 Sep. 2025
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In April, Zamzam, Sudan's largest refugee camp, home to more than half a million people, was overrun by the RSF, leaving hundreds dead, including aid workers from Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) and Relief International.—
Emmanuel Akinwotu,
NPR,
2 Sep. 2025
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Although the city had previously cleared Columbus Park, RVs and encampments returned and overran the public space.—
Devan Patel,
Mercury News,
31 Aug. 2025
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“Cave.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cave. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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