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To the right of her navel, there were two pairs of ugly red puncture holes: incisors. — Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker, "Cairo: A Type of Love Story," 30 Apr. 2018 The oldest hominin remains from East Asia, two incisors from southwest China, are around 1.7 million years old (see ‘Travelling Hominins’). — Colin Barras, Scientific American, "Tools from China are Oldest Hint of Human Lineage Outside Africa," 11 July 2018 So the owner tried to help, by attempting to saw the painful top off the offending incisor. — Lizzie Wade, Science | AAAS, "3000-year-old sawn-off tooth may be the earliest evidence of horse dentistry," 2 July 2018 Four types of teeth are nestled into our jaws: molars, premolars, canines and incisors, plus the optional wisdom teeth. — Charlotte Hu, Discover Magazine, "Teeth," 15 June 2018 Individual slots for each tooth (incisors, canines, molars et. — Sarah Schreiber, Good Housekeeping, "This Baby Box Has Completely Divided a Generation of Parents," 20 Dec. 2016 The first incisor, so to speak, was a special-use district that the Planning Department added to the commercial corridor in 2014. — Jonathan Kauffman, SFChronicle.com, "Is 24th Street’s Latino Cultural District enough to stop gentrification?," 15 June 2018 At 5 weeks, the young western lowland gorilla was seen to have two lower incisors. — Martin Weil, Washington Post, "Infant gorilla now teething, National Zoo says," 8 June 2018 That doesn't stop other families from handing out $5, $10, or even $20 for incisors, Moneyish reports. — Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, "This Is How Much Kids Are Getting From the Tooth Fairy These Days," 18 Apr. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'incisor.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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