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
Here’s to hoping Terri and Mel’s relationship is all smiles and no cavities.
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Liza Esquibias, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
Jebel Marra volcano consists of a large crater, a 5-kilometre radius cavity, beneath the summit.
—David Bressan, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
With such a condition, abdominal organs can move into the chest cavity, often causing difficulty breathing for newborns and high morbidity and mortality.
—Imani Cruzen, Twin Cities, 31 Aug. 2025
Solitary bees are well protected in their underground or cavity nest, but leaf litter may provide some insulation for their ground nests.
—Special To The Denver Post, Denver Post, 31 Aug. 2025
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Liza Esquibias, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
Jebel Marra volcano consists of a large crater, a 5-kilometre radius cavity, beneath the summit.
—David Bressan, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
With such a condition, abdominal organs can move into the chest cavity, often causing difficulty breathing for newborns and high morbidity and mortality.
—Imani Cruzen, Twin Cities, 31 Aug. 2025
Solitary bees are well protected in their underground or cavity nest, but leaf litter may provide some insulation for their ground nests.
—Special To The Denver Post, Denver Post, 31 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cavity
Noun
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On the 18th hole of the final match, Nicklaus sank his par putt and then conceded Tony Jacklin’s short par putt, ensuring both the match and the Ryder Cup ended in a tie.—
Tim Corlett,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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My only shot was through a hole the size of a business card between some limbs.—
Jack Atcheson Sr. as told to Michael Hanback,
Outdoor Life,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The first two days of LIV on the CW attracted audiences of fewer than 300,000 viewers, significantly below the PGA Tour event that weekend, and the ratings never made a dent compared with the PGA Tour.—
Tim Casey,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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That tragedy gave way to discord within the UTM and the exit of key leaders, as well as a dent to the party’s popularity.—
Charles Pensulo,
semafor.com,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Firefighters are working to extinguish hotspots, burning tree stumps, and hot ash pits to ensure there is no threat to containment lines.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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As part of the agreement, Carlyle branding will be featured on the Oracle Red Bull Racing RB21 challenger and across key team assets, including the car chassis, drivers’ team kit, pit wall and garage environment.—
Sportico Staff,
Sportico.com,
12 Sep. 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 18 Sep. 2025.
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