cupped

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cupped
Adjective
  • High atop a particularly craggy one, the rainfall gets a toehold beneath soil clinging to a very steep and slightly concave slope of rock.
    Jennifer Berry Hawes, ProPublica, 19 May 2025
  • Jan, 2022 Was the mask sandwiched between concave and convex metal electrodes?
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 14 Sep. 2020
Adjective
  • Equally hollow are the claims that his proposal is low risk.
    Naperville Sun, Chicago Tribune, 27 June 2025
  • Most of the other obvious yuks are flashy and hollow: Of course M3GAN will dance.
    Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2025
Adjective
  • Jordan competes in the recurved bow category, which has limbs at the top and bottom of the bow that curve away from the archer.
    Claire Osborn, Austin American-Statesman, 29 July 2024
  • Martill notes that the short length of the tail in relation to the body, structure of the pelvis, impressions of body scales, recurved teeth, high vertebral count and the shape of the vertebrae all make Tetrapodophis a snake.
    Christie Wilcox, Discover Magazine, 24 July 2015
Adjective
  • The Silencio sequence marks a reality-shattering crescendo to Lynch’s film — and an emotional crest, with leads Naomi Watts and Laura Harring both bursting into tears while viewing Del Rio’s performance in the cavernous club.
    J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 27 June 2025
  • Over the fence, folks can spy the cavernous stage and the scaffolding above for the technical crew still in place, and that sparks memories.
    Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 June 2025
Adjective
  • Meet the fox tapeworm The new study is a retrospective one, in which a group of doctors in Switzerland examined medical records of 334 patients who developed the disease alveolar echinococcosis (AE) over a 50-year span (1973–2022).
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 23 Apr. 2025
  • Implants require invasive surgery and good combination of implants and alveolar bone.
    Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Another boater reported the sunken ship Wednesday afternoon to Brewster Fire and Rescue, which then notified the Massachusetts State Police and Massachusetts Environmental Police.
    David Matthews, New York Daily News, 11 June 2025
  • The most prominent art piece is a copper oak tree that stands next to the sunken living room.
    David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 4 June 2025
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“Cupped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cupped. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.

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