as in hollow
curved inward
a concave lens
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Recent Examples of concave
Daniel Fusch, Ascend Agency, 11 Nov. 2025
In particular, the concave deck feels a lot like a skateboard and allows for better board feel and control—enabling Payne to do actual kick-flips on the wave.
—Rob Reed, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 6 Oct. 2025
The fit is superb, with just a little more room needed below the knee for my aforementioned calves, a slight shortening of the sleeves, and a reduction of the jacket’s center seam to account for my concave back.
—Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 6 Sep. 2025
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Adjective
In 1604, Johannes Kepler would be credited with the first accurate explanation of how concave lenses could correct nearsightedness, as opposed to convex glasses for farsightedness.
—Daniel Fusch, Ascend Agency, 11 Nov. 2025
In particular, the concave deck feels a lot like a skateboard and allows for better board feel and control—enabling Payne to do actual kick-flips on the wave.
—Rob Reed, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
According to the firm, the larger prototype includes a 1,485-square-foot (138 square meters) heliostat made of 40 movable mirrors that track the sun and reflect its rays towards a 32-foot-wide (10 meters) concave dish concentrator.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 6 Oct. 2025
The fit is superb, with just a little more room needed below the knee for my aforementioned calves, a slight shortening of the sleeves, and a reduction of the jacket’s center seam to account for my concave back.
—Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 6 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for concave
Adjective
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But those promises were ultimately hollow, Gates told lawmakers, according to a copy of his opening statement obtained by USA TODAY.—
Zachary Schermele,
USA Today,
10 June 2026
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If a melon feels lighter than the others or seems hollow, choose a different one.—
Sarah Martens,
Better Homes & Gardens,
10 June 2026
Noun
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Back home, doctors noted a deep cavity had formed.—
Beth Mole,
ArsTechnica,
9 June 2026
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The process begins with a femtosecond laser cutting GaN dielets from a wafer and drilling precise cavities into the diamond substrate.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
8 June 2026
Adjective
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Taller private buildings were restricted, leading urban mansions to expand downward to create sunken floors, Mogetta said.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
7 Dec. 2025
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The mission will require plumbing the depths for a sunken Russian sub, hanging from the wing of a biplane – and no less than an aircraft carrier.—
Griff Griffin,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Dec. 2025
Noun
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But the biggest change this year is in the orchestra pit rather than on the stage.—
David Lyman,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
11 Dec. 2025
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Avocados contain one large pit that's typically discarded before eating or sometimes used to grow other avocado trees.—
Hannah Coakley,
Verywell Health,
11 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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Not because Wyck is a Root repeat, but because the actor has spent four decades playing men who are overlooked, discarded, and possibly clinically depressed.—
Stephen Rodrick,
Rolling Stone,
16 June 2026
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Epstein seemed to feel increasingly depressed about the conditions of his incarceration.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
16 June 2026
Noun
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The tower flaunts its partnership with the Dime Savings Bank, sending the 1908 landmark’s geometrical exuberance rocketing upward in a play of convexities and concavities, glass and trim, darkness and gleam.—
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
Adjective
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The Followers have bent elbows and knees and prayerful cupped hands, and often move with little birdlike hops around the Preacher (Jai Perez), who presides with proud posture and reverential knee-hinges to the floor.—
Jennifer Homans,
New Yorker,
27 Apr. 2026
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They’re finished with deep cupped footbeds and come in six colors.—
Jamie Allison Sanders,
PEOPLE,
19 Oct. 2025
Noun
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His high point will be long forgotten, disastrously undone by his successor to plunge the world into recession, if not depression.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
14 June 2026
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Soft spots in the base beneath the blacktop can lead to depressions.—
Tim Carter,
Hartford Courant,
13 June 2026
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“Concave.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/concave. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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