as in hole
a sunken area forming a separate space
removal of the tree stump left a gaping pit in the yard
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Recent Examples of pit
Lauren Panoff, Verywell Health, 26 Feb. 2026
Piles of rock and mounds of gravel were used to fill the enormous pit at the intersection of Orangelawn Avenue and Chatham Street.
—Alysia Burgio, CBS News, 26 Feb. 2026
Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 16 Feb. 2026
Surely there’s some way to pit these guys against each other, to stoke the fan bases, to brew a rivalry for the ages.
—Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026
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Noun
Cherries are a stone fruit with a juicy outer flesh and a single pit, like peaches or olives.
—Lauren Panoff, Verywell Health, 26 Feb. 2026
Piles of rock and mounds of gravel were used to fill the enormous pit at the intersection of Orangelawn Avenue and Chatham Street.
—Alysia Burgio, CBS News, 26 Feb. 2026
Verb
Rather than world-class athletes, ABC elected to pit the show ponies of its primetime entertainment lineup against the stars of the dramas and comedies that aired on CBS and NBC.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 16 Feb. 2026
Surely there’s some way to pit these guys against each other, to stoke the fan bases, to brew a rivalry for the ages.
—Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pit
Noun
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The day before, Bridgeman matched the tournament’s 54-hole scoring record of 194 set four years ago by Joaquin Niemann, who went on to shoot even par in the final round to win by two strokes at 19 under.—
Steve Galluzzo,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Feb. 2026
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Another bunker on 17, turning a birdie hole into a par.—
Brody Miller,
New York Times,
23 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Must Iran also agree to curb its proxies in the region — severely dented by recent Israeli and US military action, and the fall of the Assad regime in Syria in late 2024?—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN Money,
26 Feb. 2026
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Recently, though, her charisma, cutting humor and being a loving mother have somehow eclipsed those accusations, and not even an entire TLC docuseries about her and her church could dent put a dent in her popularity.—
Kate Aurthur,
Variety,
25 Feb. 2026
Noun
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More than half of children 6 to 8 years old have had a cavity in at least one of their baby teeth, and more than half of teens ages 12 to 19 have had a cavity in at least one of their permanent teeth, the health department said.—
Michelle Mullins,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Feb. 2026
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Many of its technologies, such as superconducting crab cavities, crystal collimators and high-temperature superconducting power lines, have never been used in a proton accelerator before.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Feb. 2026
Verb
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But Pillion’s relationship isn’t meant to be a model for how to do kink well.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
20 Feb. 2026
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Each attachment can connect to an extra-long, 22-foot hose that doesn’t kink, and is flexible enough to easily maneuver around obstacles and corners.—
Stephanie Osmanski,
Better Homes & Gardens,
16 Jan. 2026
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“Pit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pit. Accessed 2 Mar. 2026.
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