cupped

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Adjective
  • One side of the chest piece is flat and called the diaphragm, and the other is concave and called the bell.4 The flat or diaphragm side of the chest piece is usually used to listen to heart sounds.
    Patty Weasler, RN, BSN, Verywell Health, 13 Feb. 2025
  • His new Dangerous Liaisons collection channels the opulent candlelight of a 19th century boudoir, with concave gold forms underneath diamonds and white gold lattice work.
    Kate Matthams, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • But that commentary, too, manages to be remarkably hollow.
    Abby Monteil, Them., 17 Apr. 2025
  • At the same time that was hollow in many ways as the ban prevented the AP from the White House pool, which includes access to events in the Oval Office, Air Force One travel as well as more formal events in the East Room.
    Dominic Patten, Deadline, 15 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Jordan competes in the recurved bow category, which has limbs at the top and bottom of the bow that curve away from the archer.
    Claire Osborn, Austin American-Statesman, 29 July 2024
  • Martill notes that the short length of the tail in relation to the body, structure of the pelvis, impressions of body scales, recurved teeth, high vertebral count and the shape of the vertebrae all make Tetrapodophis a snake.
    Christie Wilcox, Discover Magazine, 24 July 2015
Adjective
  • Comment In the semi-twilight of tech rehearsal at the cavernous Vivian Beaumont Theater at Lincoln Center, Tina Landau is scrutinizing the movement of lanterns.
    Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 18 Apr. 2025
  • There are sumptuous lounges for guests to unwind in the cavernous Aula Magna, or Great Hall.
    Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 16 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Implants require invasive surgery and good combination of implants and alveolar bone.
    Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Apr. 2025
  • But in fact these dental alveolar syndesmoses (technical speak for the tiny ligamentous joint between the tooth and jaw socket) move all the time.
    Bethany Brookshire, Scientific American, 25 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Think of it as a sunken, outside sitting room for year-round entertaining.
    Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 18 Apr. 2025
  • Photo : West Coast Modern Double-height ceilings and light and drama to the sunken living room.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 8 Apr. 2025
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“Cupped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cupped. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.

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