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
The city of Baltimore today said that disruptions of the fluoride supply chain caused by the Iran war are forcing it to reduce how much of the cavity-preventing mineral in its water supply.
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Yarden Segev, NBC news, 13 Apr. 2026
Spraying upward forces water behind siding and into wall cavities.
—Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2026
One of the gates of these islands connects to the superconducting cavity built using Josephson junctions that allow quantum currents to flow and complete a microwave circuit.
—Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 3 Apr. 2026
For example, a small cavity that needs a quick filling might cost $200.
—Tribune News Service, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2026
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Yarden Segev, NBC news, 13 Apr. 2026
Spraying upward forces water behind siding and into wall cavities.
—Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2026
One of the gates of these islands connects to the superconducting cavity built using Josephson junctions that allow quantum currents to flow and complete a microwave circuit.
—Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 3 Apr. 2026
For example, a small cavity that needs a quick filling might cost $200.
—Tribune News Service, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cavity
Noun
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Deputies noticed possible bullet holes in a parking sign in front of the business suite, which is near a church.—
City News Service,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Apr. 2026
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Rory McIlroy faded his tee shot into the pine straw, forcing a dramatic finish for his second consecutive Masters title, a final round that saw the Northern Irish golfer press his luck on the final few holes.—
Benjamin Royer,
Oc Register,
13 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The league’s celebrated new CBA made all these players rich, but did little for the Sparks, who were unable to make a dent in the league-wide free agent market and were out of decent draft picks and so must survive for one more season before getting a shot at JuJu Watkins.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Apr. 2026
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Now the state is eyeing two potential solutions to try and make a dent.—
Adam Duxter,
CBS News,
15 Apr. 2026
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The new picture also captures shadowy fractures and pits that hint at large volumes of water ice still buried beneath the surface, as well as numerous impact craters surrounded by the detritus of their own explosive formation.—
Joseph Howlett,
Scientific American,
17 Apr. 2026
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The show operates a remote pit, meaning a majority of the musicians playing the music live are not in the theatre or under the stage in the traditional orchestra pit.—
Dillon Thomas,
CBS News,
17 Apr. 2026
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The new Gilder Center — granite on the outside, shotcrete on the inside, with a seductive composition of concavities and curves — comes off as a true New Yorker: defiantly eccentric, rough, show-offy, and smart.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
28 Jan. 2026
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And what is the second derivative, or the concavity, of the potential during those same relevant e-foldings of inflation?—
Big Think,
Big Think,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Cavity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cavity. Accessed 19 Apr. 2026.
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