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Recent Examples of cupped
It was cut in eight slices, each with one flat piece of pepperoni and and one cupped piece.
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Fielding Buck, Oc Register, 21 Aug. 2025
Fielding Buck, Oc Register, 21 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cupped
Adjective
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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
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The bell and diaphragm devices have a wide, flat side for high frequencies and a smaller, concave side for low frequencies.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The past nine months have shown hollow threats – the Kremlin’s, and Trump’s - are quickly exposed.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN Money,
14 Oct. 2025
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This wasp builds tan paper nests containing several hundred workers in hollow trees, walls, and attics.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
13 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Blooming in a rich golden yellow hue with recurved petals and showy stamens, the flowers are adored by butterflies, bees, and hummingbirds.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
24 Aug. 2025
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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
Adjective
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Even when full, Wembley during England games feels too cavernous and detached from the action.—
Rob Tanner,
New York Times,
10 Oct. 2025
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The cavernous space, about 6,000 square-feet, lacks electricity, insulation and walls, said Fred Eichenhofer, the board chair for the Meadow Vista Community Center nonprofit.—
Ishani Desai,
Sacbee.com,
9 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The smallest, what are called ultrafine particles, even slip through the alveolar capillary barrier itself, crossing into the bloodstream, and from there travel throughout the body, including to the heart, the brain, and the kidneys to initiate even more destruction and disease (see below).—
Bill Frist,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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The carbon-containing alveolar macrophages in COPD patients’ lungs were also larger than macrophages without visible carbon, the study found.—
The Washington Post,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 July 2025
Adjective
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Henrot positions it such that its indented form emphasizes the dark thicket of his pubic hair au naturel.—
Harmon Siegel,
Artforum,
1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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This fungal disease appears as gray blotches on the bark, eventually developing into sunken cankers.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
1 Oct. 2025
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Burnett’s stage was designed so that the audience was seated below the eye level of the performers, in a sunken pit, rather than above them, on risers.—
Rachel Syme,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Her legacy shines through in every quip and dimpled smile, a reminder of a star who owned every room.—
Daniel Ross Goodman,
The Washington Examiner,
8 Aug. 2025
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“Cupped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cupped. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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