as in holes
a sunken area forming a separate space
water collected in a shallow concavity on the floor of the cave
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for concavities
Noun
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What’s next is to keep looking for gaps or holes where certain processes need to be made more efficient.—
Karen Esquivel,
CNN Money,
1 Mar. 2026 -
That means expect bargain shopping, not whale hunting when free agency opens next week even though the roster has more holes than most offseasons.—
Omar Kelly,
Miami Herald,
1 Mar. 2026
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This can include scratches, dents, chipped paint and even mismatched units if your warranty coverage leads to a replacement that doesn’t match your other appliances.—
Dan Simms,
USA Today,
23 Feb. 2026
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Beater bars can be too harsh for wood flooring and cause surface scratches, while some vacuum wheels can cause dents due to their weight.—
Maria Sabella,
The Spruce,
21 Feb. 2026
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The surfaces are marked by cavities, which are leftover bubbles that happened when the superhot material was being pummeled through the atmosphere — much like with lava, a press release noted.—
Elizabeth Howell,
Space.com,
3 Mar. 2026
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The bird, an eastern screech owl, is nocturnal and typically nests in tree cavities.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
27 Feb. 2026
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Wayfair also carries plenty of woodburning fire pits made out of steel, many with intricate designs.—
Daniel Modlin,
Architectural Digest,
5 Mar. 2026
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Not all pads are alike, but a footprint on the larger side involves five to ten acres of cleared, packed ground that serves as the hub for drilling equipment, which can include wellheads, pump jacks, tanks, wastewater storage pits, trailers, and flare stacks.—
Alex Heard,
Outside,
4 Mar. 2026
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This creates an intricate network of microscopic cracks that, in addition to visible furrows, help retain the water elephants douse themselves in to stay cool.—
Clare Watson,
Quanta Magazine,
27 Feb. 2026
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The balks and furrows, left undisturbed, had other uses too.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 Feb. 2026
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In Aidarov’s spiral, bodily imprints from hundreds of thousands of migrant workers layer upon one another, the faint depressions of exhausted sleep compressed into a monument that cannot move.—
Anel Rakhimzhanova,
Artforum,
1 Mar. 2026
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Unexpectedly, these nodules were not concentrated near central fractures as predicted, but scattered along ridge walls and depressions, offering new insight on how water and minerals interacted across the Martian terrain.—
Samantha Mathewson,
Space.com,
27 Feb. 2026
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Analyses of these samples have identified clay minerals atop ridge tops and carbonate deposits in the hollows — chemical clues that shed light on the environmental conditions when these rocks formed.—
Samantha Mathewson,
Space.com,
27 Feb. 2026
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The Woodland doesn’t have any skid plates or other off-road gear, but precise control of the motors’ generous torque output provided excellent traction on the steep trail and over hollows and humps Toyota created to demonstrate the SUV’s capability.—
Mark Phelan,
USA Today,
20 Feb. 2026
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The three prisoners were dragged to the wall and made to kneel, their backs to the crowd, their heads fitted into the indentations.—
Anand Gopal,
New Yorker,
28 Feb. 2026
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Taking new measurements, the researchers saw that as fluid gushed between cells, creating indentations in their cell membranes, bubbles mostly bulged into weaker cells.—
Clare Watson,
Quanta Magazine,
27 Feb. 2026
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“Concavities.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/concavities. Accessed 6 Mar. 2026.
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