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as in indentation
a V-shaped cut usually on an edge or a surface with the heel of his boot he made a sizable indent in the dirt as a temporary marker

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Recent Examples of indent
Noun
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 Archaeologists in Virginia uncovered what is believed to be the remains of a military barracks from the Revolutionary War, including chimney bricks and musket balls indented with soldiers' teeth. CBS News, 17 May 2024
Verb
Use that old toothbrush for scrubbing tight corners, grout, and other indents or details. Bridget Reed Morawski, Architectural Digest, 14 Jan. 2025 The presence of an indent represented a 1, while the absence of an indent represented a 0. Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 31 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for indent
Recent Examples of Synonyms for indent
Noun
  • Analyzing Neanderthal Art The object, before being fully excavated and after, with three main indentations and a red dot.
    Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 27 May 2025
  • Cylindrical keycaps will have a U-shaped indentation with peaks on either side and a dip in the center, while spherical keycaps are going to be more bowl-like, with peaks on all four corners and a divot in the center.
    Henri Robbins, WIRED, 24 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Philadelphia also notched its first 100-degree day since July 18, 2012, AccuWeather said.
    Doyle Rice, USA Today, 27 June 2025
  • The index needed to finish the day with a gain of 0.86% or more to officially notch a record high.
    John Towfighi, CNN Money, 26 June 2025
Noun
  • Built on the same Snapdragon XR2 Gen 2 chip and 8GB of RAM as the Quest 3, the 3S boasts high-fidelity hand tracking, full-color passthrough and improved thermal efficiency.
    Anna Tingley, Variety, 1 July 2025
  • Everyone has a smartphone and a digital banking app, and the data centers loaded with Nvidia or AMD chips can easily handle the computing requirements.
    Steven Dudash, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
Verb
  • Parks and Rec public service manager Clare Cloyd said residents for years have asked the department to carve out a space for dogs.
    Safiya Mohamed, Twin Cities, 7 July 2025
  • The best way to address this is to carve out a seller not equal to the total potential earnout that is subject to adjustment if the target is not met.
    Richard Parker, Forbes.com, 6 July 2025
Noun
  • Mayan stelae and Melanesian slit gongs share the sunlight from a sloped glass wall abutting Central Park which has been specially reëngineered to protect photosensitive works.
    Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 30 June 2025
  • Tate McRae appeared at the F1 premiere in London in a black custom Balenciaga gown with a dramatic slit and tie at the waist.
    Catherine Santino, People.com, 25 June 2025
Verb
  • But the refund check proposal, initially $3 billion, was chiseled in negotiations to $2 billion.
    Benjamin Oreskes, New York Times, 16 May 2025
  • Restructuring Burns and other veterans would chisel away at that 2026 cap space.
    Dan Duggan, New York Times, 21 May 2025
Noun
  • Shae Jacobs and Jack Dine blend the shuffling percussion of house with Afrobeats and R&B’s breezy grooves to create Odeal’s latest day party jam.
    Heran Mamo, Billboard, 30 June 2025
  • This was no slouch finding his groove against a struggling offense.
    Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 June 2025
Verb
  • And how can sculpture accomplish the experience of simultaneous collective reception that was formerly its greatest social promise?
    Benjamin H. D. Buchloh, Artforum, 1 June 2025
  • Bourdelle’s voluminous works in marble, bronze, and wood fill the lofty mezzanine, while his bronze sculptures Héraklès archer (Hercules the Archer) and Centaure mourant (Dying Centaur) highlight the garden.
    Kasia Dietz, Travel + Leisure, 29 July 2024

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“Indent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indent. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.

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