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Recent Examples of indent
Noun
An iridescent bronze defines the upper for the All-Star edition, while its indents are shaped like stars.—Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 29 Jan. 2026 Celebrity nail artist Queenie Nguyen gives these bright copper nails indents and grooves for a unique way to dress them up.—Audrey Noble, Vogue, 19 Dec. 2025
Verb
It is indented slightly and is similar to the designs of older Kindle models.—PCMAG, 22 Sep. 2024 For example, spoon nails are indented and curved towards the center, while pincer nails curl away from the center and deeper into the folds of your nail.—Mark Gurarie, Health, 19 July 2024 See All Example Sentences for indent
State police later searched the area near the steel bridge and found among the piles of wood chips an envelope bearing the victim’s name, pieces of bone and tissue, a human fingernail and crowns to the victim’s teeth, prosecutors said.
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Edmund H. Mahony,
Hartford Courant,
27 Mar. 2026
The blue-chip Dow and the small-cap Russell 2000 are also nearing correction territory, each down about 9% from its all-time high.
The second episode is largely confined to the dark walls which Irons’ next-door prisoner, a cleric known as the Abbé Faria, has spent years trying to painstakingly chisel his way through.
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Jon O'Brien,
IndieWire,
19 Mar. 2026
Divers have to carefully chisel each coral from the seabed by hand and bring it to the surface, which takes a lot of time and labor.
Because of its distinct grooves and marks, the stone piece was believed to be some kind of board game – but obviously no rulebook was dug up to confirm this.
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New Atlas,
New Atlas,
29 Mar. 2026
After trailing by seven at halftime, Arizona found its groove early in the second half.