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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
Analyzing Neanderthal Art The object, before being fully excavated and after, with three main indentations and a red dot.
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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.
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.
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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.
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.
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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.
And how can sculpture accomplish the experience of simultaneous collective reception that was formerly its greatest social promise?
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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.
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