alveolar

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Recent Examples of alveolar Implants require invasive surgery and good combination of implants and alveolar bone. Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Apr. 2025 But in fact these dental alveolar syndesmoses (technical speak for the tiny ligamentous joint between the tooth and jaw socket) move all the time. Bethany Brookshire, Scientific American, 25 Jan. 2025 Getting a tooth pulled carries a risk of experiencing a dry socket, also known as alveolar osteitis. Maxine Lipner, Verywell Health, 19 Oct. 2024 Doctors diagnosed Anderson with stage 4 alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare soft tissue cancer, in 2018. Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 26 Sep. 2024 See All Example Sentences for alveolar
Recent Examples of Synonyms for alveolar
Adjective
  • Several analysts noted a strong debate performance from Sliwa, but not strong enough to make up his cavernous polling deficit.
    Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 17 Oct. 2025
  • On this night in 2023, however, the cavernous five-story building was filled with bearded, flannel-wearing, middle-aged former punks, most of whom came to see Nineties punk titans Unwound play a reunion for the 20th birthday of the archival record label Numero Group.
    David Hill, Rolling Stone, 15 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The past nine months have shown hollow threats – the Kremlin’s, and Trump’s - are quickly exposed.
    Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025
  • This wasp builds tan paper nests containing several hundred workers in hollow trees, walls, and attics.
    Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 13 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • In particular, the concave deck feels a lot like a skateboard and allows for better board feel and control—enabling Payne to do actual kick-flips on the wave.
    Rob Reed, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The bell and diaphragm devices have a wide, flat side for high frequencies and a smaller, concave side for low frequencies.
    BestReviews, Mercury News, 8 Sep. 2025

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“Alveolar.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alveolar. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.

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