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as in cupped

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verb

past tense of dimple
as in dented

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Recent Examples of dimpled
Adjective
Symptoms can include a lump in the armpit, dimpled skin on the chest, red or flaky skin near the nipple, pain or tenderness on the chest or armpit, clear or bloody nipple discharge and an inverted nipple, per the Cleveland Clinic. — Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 18 July 2026 His hair and eyes are dark, and though his hands still possess the dimpled pudginess of childhood, his face has aged in a way that has nothing to do with years. — Literary Hub, 14 July 2026 Cellulite is a skin condition in which fat collects in pockets under the skin and pushes up against it, making the skin's surface look lumpy or dimpled. — Rena Goldman, Health, 28 June 2026 Dylan, who is dimpled and impish, with long eyelashes and a curtain of dark bangs, picked up a small container and examined it. — Anna Wiener, New Yorker, 4 May 2026 Housed in a building with a dimpled façade that many say looks like a cheese grater, the Broad houses the collection of Edythe Broad, who accumulated a formidable cache of contemporary art with her late husband Eli. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Apr. 2026 That ‘97 triumph and what followed was bigger-than-sports stuff as Woods brought welcome color to a sport white as that dimpled ball, and inspiring young multitudes suddenly interested in golf. — Miami Herald, 8 Apr. 2026 The trail takes visitors along Rottenwood Creek where, at this time of year, thousands of dimpled trout lilies (Erythronium umbilicatum) create bright yellow carpets on the hillsides and stream banks. — Charles Seabrook, AJC.com, 7 Mar. 2026 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dimpled
  1. cupped
  2. dented
  3. pockmarked
  4. curled
  5. cavernous
  6. coiled
  7. alveolar
  8. waved
Adjective
  • One serving size of peanuts is 1 ounce, or about the amount that would fill a cupped hand.
    — Mira Miller, Verywell Health, 21 Aug. 2026
  • New leaves become cupped and turn pale green, the leaf edges turn yellow, and the undersides of the leaves may turn purplish.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 4 July 2026
Definition of cupped
Verb
  • Nine of Alaimo’s solo singles dented the Billboard Hot 100 between 1962 and 1966.
    — Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 25 Aug. 2026
  • The sentences mark a key moment in China’s continuing real-estate crisis, which has dented consumer confidence in the country – and caused a headache for a government that stakes its legitimacy on rising prosperity.
    — Sylvie Zhuang, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of dented
Adjective
  • The crash is expected to create a new crater on the moon's pockmarked surface and kick up enough dust that powerful instruments may be able to spot it more than a quarter-million miles away on Earth.
    — Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 30 July 2026
  • The mission also revealed a new side of our planet with an Earthset photo, showing our Blue Marble setting behind the gray, pockmarked moon.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Apr. 2026
Definition of pockmarked
Verb
  • Mosses and lichens filled the hollows, while yellowish dead man’s fingers — a spooky and thus aptly named fungus — curled among low-growing rhododendrons that perfumed the air with warm, woody notes.
    — Denise Hruby, Miami Herald, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Tara Rudd drove toward Angel City’s back line and threaded a pass through to Rodman, who raced downfield and curled a shot just over goalkeeper Angelina Anderson.
    — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of curled
Adjective
  • The game feels far away, and the sounds float up to the cavernous space below the roof where the noise dies.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Aug. 2026
  • The hundreds of thousands of AI servers that fill the cavernous halls of data centers from Virginia to Germany are a testament to the deep interdependence of the industry.
    — John Liu, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of cavernous
Verb
  • This species spends most of its time coiled around tree branches more than 30 meters (100 feet) high, descending during the night to prey on birds, small mammals, frogs, and other reptiles on the forest floor.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 6 Aug. 2026
  • As management continues to prove themselves, multiples are coiled to go higher.
    — Josh Brown,Sean Russo, CNBC, 30 July 2026
Definition of coiled
Adjective
  • The cause was a rare and aggressive cancer of the soft tissue, alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, according to the organizers of an online funding appeal.
    — Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Rhabdomyosarcoma is more common in children but can occur in adults, according to the American Cancer Society, and alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma typically affects all age groups equally.
    — Sara Moniuszko, USA Today, 30 Mar. 2026
Definition of alveolar
Verb
  • Santosh Kumar, 76, waved at the crowd from a float decked out with flags and white, orange and green streamers.
    — Evgenia Anastasakos, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2026
  • When the video ended, a camera panned to Devers, who smiled and waved to his former fanbase.
    — Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of waved

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“Dimpled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dimpled. Accessed 30 Aug. 2026.

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