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Recent Examples of dimpled
Rebecca Traister, Vulture, 10 Feb. 2026
The hill sits off a dirt road and takes a bit of trudging up before the dimpled geodes start appearing in earnest.
—Npr Staff, NPR, 18 Dec. 2025
The fabrics utilize the same aerodynamic principles as a golf ball, whose dimpled surface causes a ball to fly further by using turbulence to reduce drag.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 31 Oct. 2025
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
Adjective
According to common depictions of his family’s dynamic, Mamdani inherited his leftist political ideology from his father, the anti-colonialist Columbia professor, and his dimpled charm and flair for the theatrical from his filmmaker mother.
—Rebecca Traister, Vulture, 10 Feb. 2026
The hill sits off a dirt road and takes a bit of trudging up before the dimpled geodes start appearing in earnest.
—Npr Staff, NPR, 18 Dec. 2025
The fabrics utilize the same aerodynamic principles as a golf ball, whose dimpled surface causes a ball to fly further by using turbulence to reduce drag.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 31 Oct. 2025
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dimpled
Adjective
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Leaves can appear cupped or pinched when there is an insect infestation present.—
Molly Burford,
Southern Living,
13 Feb. 2026
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They’re finished with deep cupped footbeds and come in six colors.—
Jamie Allison Sanders,
PEOPLE,
19 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The finances of Sabri’s Karmel Mall were also severely dented by the surging DHS presence.—
Yahya Salem,
CNN Money,
17 Feb. 2026
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The profit figure was dented by a $718 million hit to the value of the company's crypto asset portfolio.—
Jeff Marks,
CNBC,
13 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Ecologist Greta Wengert stared down the pockmarked hillside at a pile of pesticide sprayers left behind, long after the raid.—
Rachel Becker,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Feb. 2026
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Chuky’s face was pockmarked and flat-browed, with heavy, sagging eyelids that might’ve been extra-weighted by the liquor.—
Jonathan Miles,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Even better, the super-soft insert guarantees all-day comfort, and the flexible shape can mold to your feet or be curled in a ball and easily packed into a carry-on.—
Lane Nieset,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Feb. 2026
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In one scene, Cathy asks her longtime maid, Nelly, to pull her corset tighter as a sort of self-punishment, and as her skin curled grotesquely beneath the corset strings onscreen, an older couple stood up and left the theater.—
Rachel Handler,
Vulture,
13 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Through the heavy metal doors ahead is a cavernous interior with high ceilings and industrial fixtures.—
Jessica Chapel,
Condé Nast Traveler,
15 Feb. 2026
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Bonus points for the cavernous hood and large internal drop pockets.—
Kelly Bastone,
Outside,
10 Feb. 2026
Verb
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In 2017 Dikansh Parmar of the Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change in Germany, rescued an Indian cobra (Naja naja) coiled around a train’s window bars that was hissing and, understandably, frightening passengers.—
Richard Kemeny,
Scientific American,
6 Feb. 2026
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The lights, neatly coiled last January, have evolved into a glowing knot of holiday resentment.—
Mark Glende,
Twin Cities,
24 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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Ofelia Torres died on Friday at the age of 16 from Stage 4 alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare and aggressive cancer that affects the soft tissue.—
Mirna Alsharif,
NBC news,
15 Feb. 2026
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Ofelia Giselle Torres Hidalgo, 16, died Friday from stage 4 alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, the family said in a statement.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
15 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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The individual beads are large hollow spheres containing okra seeds.—
TRAVIS LOLLER,
Arkansas Online,
16 Feb. 2026
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The individual beads are large hollow spheres containing okra seeds.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
15 Feb. 2026
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“Dimpled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dimpled. Accessed 19 Feb. 2026.
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