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
Mark shares that this is his first time encountering an elf owl and explains how these tiny, docile birds lead secluded lives, often nesting in saguaro cactus cavities made by woodpeckers.
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Tiffany Acosta, The Arizona Republic, 16 Dec. 2024
Removing fluoride from public water supplies could result in a large increase in oral cavities across America.
—Omer Awan, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024
Educational Campaigns: Promoting oral hygiene and nutrition among families can effectively address cavity prevention.
—Maria Sokolina, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
Ependymal cells line the spinal cord and the brain’s ventricles, the cavities that produce and store CSF, and are essential for maintaining a stable environment in these structures, ensuring that neurons and other cells function optimally.
—New Atlas, 2 Jan. 2025
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Tiffany Acosta, The Arizona Republic, 16 Dec. 2024
Removing fluoride from public water supplies could result in a large increase in oral cavities across America.
—Omer Awan, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024
Educational Campaigns: Promoting oral hygiene and nutrition among families can effectively address cavity prevention.
—Maria Sokolina, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
Ependymal cells line the spinal cord and the brain’s ventricles, the cavities that produce and store CSF, and are essential for maintaining a stable environment in these structures, ensuring that neurons and other cells function optimally.
—New Atlas, 2 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cavity
Noun
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But the concerns about how the state ended up in the budget hole to begin with, remains central to the blame game.—
Mikenzie Frost,
Baltimore Sun,
25 Jan. 2025
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The Mets still have a gaping hole at first base and the two sides likely aren't too far apart on a deal.—
Zach Pressnell,
Newsweek,
24 Jan. 2025
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There are simply not enough possible discretionary, non-defense domestic spending cuts to make a dent in the debt.—
Domenico Montanaro,
NPR,
19 Jan. 2025
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If the label was truly out to torpedo Drake’s career to gain a negotiation advantage, those percentage drops don’t seem significant enough to make a dent.—
Bill Hochberg,
Forbes,
17 Jan. 2025
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In homage to stock car racing’s roots in North Carolina, Red Bull Non-Stock 600 pits teams against one another in a go-kart race around an oval track.—
AvidXchange Music Factory,
Charlotte Observer,
22 Jan. 2025
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These pathological behaviors pit colleagues against each other, creating a hostile environment of instability and chaos that shifts the focus of their toxic behaviour.—
Jason Walker,
Forbes,
22 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 2 Feb. 2025.
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