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
There are roughly 10 million OSNs lining the nasal cavity, and each one expresses one of approximately 400 types of odor receptors.
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Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 27 June 2025
Infection poses a serious risk not only to the remaining lung but also to the cavity left by the lung removed in the procedure.
—David Noriega, NBC news, 27 June 2025
Over time, this can increase the risk of cavities, tooth decay, and sensitivity.6
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—Angelica Bottaro, Verywell Health, 25 June 2025
Location of lymph nodes: Lymphoma is in lymph nodes both above and below the diaphragm (the muscle that divides the chest cavity and the abdominal cavity).
—Marla Anderson, Verywell Health, 2 July 2025
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Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 27 June 2025
Infection poses a serious risk not only to the remaining lung but also to the cavity left by the lung removed in the procedure.
—David Noriega, NBC news, 27 June 2025
Over time, this can increase the risk of cavities, tooth decay, and sensitivity.6
6.
—Angelica Bottaro, Verywell Health, 25 June 2025
Location of lymph nodes: Lymphoma is in lymph nodes both above and below the diaphragm (the muscle that divides the chest cavity and the abdominal cavity).
—Marla Anderson, Verywell Health, 2 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cavity
Noun
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And the man with a gruesome hole in his body as a result of necrosis.—
Charles Trepany,
USA Today,
24 July 2025
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Fans can take photos among immersive tableaus from the show, play a larger than life version of Alamo Pong — corn hole but with giant beer cans — and toss rings at Rhinestein’s cowboy boot toss.—
Carlos Rico,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 July 2025
Noun
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Foreign exchange variations continued to have a negative impact, leaving a 113 million Swiss franc dent in the semester.—
Lily Templeton,
Footwear News,
17 July 2025
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To Process Surge Of Student Loan Repayment Requests The Department of Education latest status report on IDR application processing shows that administration officials and student loan servicers have made only a little dent in the backlog.—
Adam S. Minsky,
Forbes.com,
16 July 2025
Noun
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Conversation pits were hugely popular in the ’70s and are also winning over modern buyers with their retro charm.—
Demetrius Simms,
Robb Report,
18 July 2025
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When cleaning your fire pit or fireplace with a shop vacuum, first start by removing larger debris manually.—
Patricia Shannon,
Southern Living,
17 July 2025
Noun
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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 1 Aug. 2025.
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