tooth

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Recent Examples of tooth Excessive tooth decay in children can require treatment in hospitals, under anesthesia. Anna Clark, ProPublica, 18 Sep. 2025 In recent years, fossil discoveries have made headlines across the state, from a 12-million-year-old megalodon tooth washing up on a Florida beach to a 6-inch megalodon tooth found off the Florida coast. Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025 Scott has worked as an endodontist — a dental specialist who focuses on root canals and tooth trauma — since 2017. Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 16 Sep. 2025 In one scene, Johnson’s character ends up in the hospital and has a missing tooth. Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 2 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for tooth
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Noun
  • The low ceilings have a taste for scalp DNA.
    Jack Lang, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Trump’s taste for combat sports dates to the 1980s, after his reported failed bid to buy the Baltimore Colts.
    Sally Jenkins, The Atlantic, 11 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Owners don’t split that money with players, so the appetite is there for a league that lags behind the NFL, NBA and MLB in annual revenue.
    Rob Rossi, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • China and India largely drove the rise in renewables and met much of the world’s growing appetite for electricity, leading to a drop in fossil fuel generation in both countries.
    Natasha Bracken, semafor.com, 7 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • There’s such a craving for those kind of celebrations and community, and just enjoying simple sort of elements of being part of a small town.
    Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2025
  • While Kentucky doesn't lead the nation for candy corn cravings, more residents purchase the sweet treat in the commonwealth compared to several other states.
    Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 8 Oct. 2025
  • As their name suggests, these earbuds are best suited for use with Google’s Pixel phones, and support for iOS is limited.
    Jade Chung-Lee, PC Magazine, 8 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • To be honest, this is a bit too hot for my liking, but high-proof fans will geek out on this.
    Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 8 Oct. 2025
  • The single bathroom has a stand-up shower and the finishes are customized to your liking—think faux marble on the walls.
    Kaitlin Gates, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Casper floated into theaters in May 1995, charming viewers with its story about a friendly ghost longing for a friend.
    Allison DeGrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Oct. 2025
  • This must’ve been a dream for someone whose personal style—if not his work—betrays the longing of a hippie born too late (in 1967), and in the wrong place to have been part of the vanguard of the first peace and love trippers.
    Sarah Mower, Vogue, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • As the 126-foot-tall Twin Towers standing guard over Wembley’s entrance drew us and thousands more inexorably forward from the nearby Underground station, a love affair was born that never quite died, no matter how shabby the old place became in its final years.
    Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Did Ed Gein have a love affair with Bernice Worden before killing her?
    JR Radcliffe, jsonline.com, 6 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Noah Fay, senior director of housing programs at another nonprofit that runs homeless shelters, said the desire to avoid disruptions for residents has to be balanced against the desire to keep beds full when unmet demand in Seattle is enormous.
    Ashley Hiruko, ProPublica, 6 Oct. 2025
  • While the lack of benefits, risk of burnout and isolation are clear risks, Brown says the desire for flexibility is strong.
    Diane Brady, Fortune, 6 Oct. 2025

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“Tooth.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tooth. Accessed 12 Oct. 2025.

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