as in hole
a sunken area forming a separate space
a cavity in the lawn where a tree stump had been removed
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Recent Examples of cavity
These fibroids can be located on the surface of the uterus, in the wall of the uterus, or the uterine cavity.
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Dominique Fluker, Essence, 30 July 2025
Some methods, such as adding loose fill perlite inside the cavities in a CMU block wall, are inexpensive.
—Jamie Gold, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025
This Week’s Issue American cavities, Mexican fillings Burkhard Bilger on crossing the border for dental care.
—Ian Crouch, New Yorker, 28 July 2025
The recovery of aspens in Yellowstone will likely benefit other species, too, including birds such as woodpeckers and tree swallows, which make cavity nests in aspen trunks.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 July 2025
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Dominique Fluker, Essence, 30 July 2025
Some methods, such as adding loose fill perlite inside the cavities in a CMU block wall, are inexpensive.
—Jamie Gold, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025
This Week’s Issue American cavities, Mexican fillings Burkhard Bilger on crossing the border for dental care.
—Ian Crouch, New Yorker, 28 July 2025
The recovery of aspens in Yellowstone will likely benefit other species, too, including birds such as woodpeckers and tree swallows, which make cavity nests in aspen trunks.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cavity
Noun
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One Netherlands international, according to the police, allowed his Porsche to be used by criminals and the car ended up riddled with bullet holes.—
Daniel Taylor,
New York Times,
17 Aug. 2025
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Gordon, hitting holes hard with his physical running style, sparked the run game in the second half.—
David Furones,
Sun Sentinel,
17 Aug. 2025
Noun
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While any revenue can help the government fiscally, tariff revenue will barely make a dent in that total.—
Danielle Kurtzleben,
NPR,
11 Aug. 2025
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The excerpt alleged that Fergie was able to make a dent in her debts around 1997, paying it down with the advance from her memoirs, money from her deal with WeightWatchers, six interviews with Paris Match and almost $400,000 for two children's books.—
Janine Henni,
People.com,
5 Aug. 2025
Noun
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This time around, earnings and revenue are both expected to decline year-over-year, and the options pits are pricing in a stock move of 10.9%, regardless of direction.—
Schaeffer's Investment Research,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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The agave is roasted in a pit with volcanic stones to give it a smoky flavor, but it’s not femented (the step in the production process that creates alcohol).—
Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
12 Aug. 2025
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Antonio Stradivari, for instance, carefully tinkered with the geometry of his violins—the relative concavity of the back and the front, the thickness of the wood—to produce his legendary results.—
Chris Almeida,
The New Yorker,
6 Jan. 2024
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Fluted white marble columns sit on black granite pedestals, carrying the eye upward to where lines slide over, folds narrow, and concavities become convex.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
3 Aug. 2023
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“Cavity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cavity. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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