as in concave
curved inward
there's a noticeably hollow spot in the mattress where he has been sleeping
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as in hole
a sunken area forming a separate space
made a little hollow in her mound of mashed potatoes and filled it with gravy
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as in valley
an area of lowland between hills or mountains
a quaint village nestled in a hollow among green hills
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EW.com, 31 Oct. 2024
Some of Jurado’s critics now call those words hollow.
—David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2024
Annie Ernaux, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2024
And my body never ceased to change: baldness and complete loss of body hair, scarring, and, in the weeks after the operation, in the hollow of my armpit, a sort of big orange filled with lymph that forced me to hold my arm away from my chest.
—Annie Ernaux, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2024
Christianna Silva, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Mar. 2024
Many roads still follow their original routes, worn deep into hillsides and hollows over the creeping years.
—Jayne Orenstein, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2024
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Adjective
Mary Harron’s American Psycho owes a debt to the spot-on evisceration of the hollow, nihilistic corporate culture that Nichols lampoons here.
—EW.com, 31 Oct. 2024
Some of Jurado’s critics now call those words hollow.
—David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2024
Noun
Three dark cavities amid the folds of fabric make hollows in the lining that evoke a gas mask.
—Annie Ernaux, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2024
And my body never ceased to change: baldness and complete loss of body hair, scarring, and, in the weeks after the operation, in the hollow of my armpit, a sort of big orange filled with lymph that forced me to hold my arm away from my chest.
—Annie Ernaux, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2024
Verb
Preparing Real Eggs for an Easter Egg Hunt There are three ways to prepare real eggs for an Easter egg hunt: hollow the shell out, hard boil the eggs, or leave them bare.
—Christianna Silva, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Mar. 2024
Many roads still follow their original routes, worn deep into hillsides and hollows over the creeping years.
—Jayne Orenstein, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2024
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The record is so timeless and concave, or whatever the metaphors are.Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2024
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The mass splashes out toward the periphery, forming something concave—a parabola.Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 22 July 2024
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Phoenix Open concerts 2025: This power couple will play the 16th hole Coliseum The plan, intended to prevent more traffic congestion and safeguard existing infrastructure, was developed by city, state and business leaders who make up the MAG's Regional Transportation Policy Committee.Coleby Phillips, The Arizona Republic, 6 Nov. 2024
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That will open up a huge hole for one player in particular: Allyce Jones.Todd Boss, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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About three-fourths of an inch was expected to fall over the North Bay coastal areas on Monday, while the North Bay valley areas might see up to half an inch in precipitation.Nollyanne Delacruz, The Mercury News, 11 Nov. 2024
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The road turned inland and ran through the shade of a valley in the hills.Greg Jackson, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
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The price gouging law authorizes the energy commission to set a maximum gross gasoline refining margin and a penalty for refiners that exceed it.Kristin J. Bender, The Mercury News, 2 Aug. 2024
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The balloon’s string, still attached to a radio transmitter, had gouged into the bird’s flesh—fracturing bones, killing tissues and cutting off circulation to the bird’s feet.Danielle Beurteaux, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Oct. 2024
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Photo: Anton Brookes, H5 Property/Douglas Elliman/H5 Property The sunken living room is set off with dark glass panels and backed by a wall of mirrors.Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 31 Oct. 2024
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In the sunken lounge area, Eckley installed a fireplace in the retaining wall.Miranda Crowell, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Oct. 2024
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Key Background Third-party candidates have almost no shot at winning the election, considering the funding and popularity required to make a dent in the electoral and popular vote.Stephen Pastis, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
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If the concentration of lead is too low, the drugs would remove too much natural metal before putting a sizable dent in the amount of lead in the body.Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
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Inside Lebanon, the politicians who, together with Hezbollah, had driven the country into an economic ravine now began jockeying for power: Could Amal, the other main Shiite party, seize the advantage?Kim Ghattas, The Atlantic, 2 Nov. 2024
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Efforts were ongoing on Saturday morning to recover some of the bodies that had fallen into a ravine, a local government official who asked not to be named told Reuters.Reuters, NBC News, 27 Oct. 2024
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When transiting this Mutable sign, the messenger planet is ready to come up for air (especially after penetrating through the surface in Scorpio) and jump headfirst into a world of new ideas and boundless possibilities.Valerie Mesa, People.com, 2 Nov. 2024
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Another theory posits that the wiggling of Alfvén waves, oscillations in the Sun’s magnetic field that penetrate into the corona and turn back on themselves, can also inject energy into the solar wind.ByHannah Richter, science.org, 31 Oct. 2024
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“Hollow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hollow. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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