as in hole
a sunken area forming a separate space
a cavity in the lawn where a tree stump had been removed
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Recent Examples of cavity
Why are owl boxes important? Natural cavities in trees are in high demand, Gillet said.
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Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 12 Dec. 2024
The mineral that is proven to strengthen teeth and reduce the risk of cavities has been added to drinking water since 1945, with data from the National Library of Medicine showing adding fluoride to water lowers the amount of tooth decay in kids by 35%.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune Well, 4 Dec. 2024
This can cause cavities and lead to infection and tooth loss in the long term, affecting quality of life for children and adults alike.
—Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 18 Dec. 2024
Four hornet nests found inside alder tree cavities in Whatcom County were eradicated between October 2020 and September 2021.
—Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 18 Dec. 2024
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Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 12 Dec. 2024
The mineral that is proven to strengthen teeth and reduce the risk of cavities has been added to drinking water since 1945, with data from the National Library of Medicine showing adding fluoride to water lowers the amount of tooth decay in kids by 35%.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune Well, 4 Dec. 2024
This can cause cavities and lead to infection and tooth loss in the long term, affecting quality of life for children and adults alike.
—Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 18 Dec. 2024
Four hornet nests found inside alder tree cavities in Whatcom County were eradicated between October 2020 and September 2021.
—Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 18 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cavity
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The pieces vary in size and shape; a few have small holes cut in them.Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 13 Jan. 2025
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Some holes can’t be filled, and no writer, no matter how skilled, can return their subject to anything truly resembling life.Robert Rubsam, The Atlantic, 13 Jan. 2025
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Photos and videos clearly show the damage to the aircraft's fuselage, including punctures and dents, which strongly point to a strike by an air defense missile.Ellie Cook, Newsweek, 29 Dec. 2024
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Compared to the richest man in South Korea Jay Y. Lee, the Squid Game winner still doesn’t really have a dent in wealth for the top 1%.Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 26 Dec. 2024
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Little ones can frolic in the Snow Bounce room or in a pit of fake snowballs in the Northern Lights section, where representations of the aurora borealis drift above.The New York Times, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
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Tens of thousands exposed in Iraq, Afghanistan Disposing of trash in open-air burn pits was a common practice, especially at U.S. bases in Iraq and Afghanistan, which together burned trash in more than 270 pits in 2010, according to an estimate by the U.S. Defense Department's Central Command.Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2025
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Antonio Stradivari, for instance, carefully tinkered with the geometry of his violins—the relative concavity of the back and the front, the thickness of the wood—to produce his legendary results.Chris Almeida, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2024
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Fluted white marble columns sit on black granite pedestals, carrying the eye upward to where lines slide over, folds narrow, and concavities become convex.Justin Davidson, Curbed, 3 Aug. 2023
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“Cavity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cavity. Accessed 19 Jan. 2025.
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