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
Her entire stomach had pushed into her chest cavity through an opening in the diaphragm, a muscle that divides the torso, and was wrapped around itself.
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Calmatters, Mercury News, 17 Oct. 2025
Even with the rise of fluoride in toothpaste and other products, it’s credited with a 25% decrease in cavities.
—Anna Clark, ProPublica, 13 Oct. 2025
Sucking water out of desert air Being able to pack a vast number of cavities in such a small space allowed Yaghi’s research group to suck water from the desert air of Arizona.
—Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2025
Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson, and Omar Yaghi discovered that copper ions could be used to create a crystal with large cavities within it, which was porous to smaller atoms and molecules but blocked larger ones.
—Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 8 Oct. 2025
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Calmatters, Mercury News, 17 Oct. 2025
Even with the rise of fluoride in toothpaste and other products, it’s credited with a 25% decrease in cavities.
—Anna Clark, ProPublica, 13 Oct. 2025
Sucking water out of desert air Being able to pack a vast number of cavities in such a small space allowed Yaghi’s research group to suck water from the desert air of Arizona.
—Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2025
Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson, and Omar Yaghi discovered that copper ions could be used to create a crystal with large cavities within it, which was porous to smaller atoms and molecules but blocked larger ones.
—Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 8 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cavity
Noun
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Keep your windows closed and patch any holes in screens to deter moths from entering your home.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
31 Oct. 2025
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Next, a 10,000-pound concrete-and-steel battering ram was used to punch 24-foot holes through the ice, beginning at the far end of the whales' four-mile path to freedom, so as not to alarm them.—
Virginia Chamlee,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
Noun
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As conversations continue around Gaza's reconstruction amid the fragile Israel-Hamas ceasefire, doctors and humanitarian workers are urging that efforts be focused on addressing the malnutrition crisis, noting that simply flooding the zone with aid won't make a meaningful dent.—
Mary Kekatos,
ABC News,
24 Oct. 2025
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Ready or not, the holiday shopping season is here and now is the time to start making a dent in your shopping list.—
Jessie Quinn,
StyleCaster,
22 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Ebern Designs Propane Fire Pit Extend patio season through fall and winter with this stylish fire pit.—
Shea Simmons,
Southern Living,
27 Oct. 2025
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The atmosphere is more family-friendly and festival-like, with food and beer, live music and fire pits.—
Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
26 Oct. 2025
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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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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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“Cavity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cavity. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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