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noun

plural of dimple
as in pockets

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verb

present tense third-person singular of dimple
as in dents

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dimples
  1. impressions
  2. dents
  3. notches
  4. waves
  5. imprints
  6. coils
  7. openings
  8. spirals
Noun
  • Most recently, Playboy celebrated the release of the Playboy summer issue with Cara Delevingne on the cover, driving 5 billion media impressions and nearly 30 million impressions on social media.
    — Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 21 July 2026
  • In many ways, signage is a company's first handshake with the customer—and in business, first impressions still matter.
    — Salman Altaf, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
Definition of impressions
Verb
  • The shaky outing continued Sasaki’s post-breakthrough slide, but the setback barely dents the Dodgers’ commanding division cushion, with San Diego still eight games back in the standings.
    — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2026
  • No quantity of houses or yachts dents it.
    — Douglas P. McCormick, Fortune, 23 June 2026
Definition of dents
Noun
  • Oracle carries a rating of Baa2 with a negative outlook, placing it just two notches above junk status.
    — Hugh Son, CNBC, 24 July 2026
  • Best Buy has Apple's best ultraportable on sale for $300, bringing the hefty $2,899 list price down a few notches to $2,599.
    — Kelsey Fogarty, PC Magazine, 1 July 2026
Definition of notches
Verb
  • My son waves his hands through my light and laughs and laughs.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 July 2026
  • Ferrari is wary of a culture that diagnoses and labels nearly everything, and equally wary of the backlash that waves off deeper work as just talking.
    — Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 15 July 2026
Definition of waves
Noun
  • Certainly no wild horse had made the round imprints that led through the sagging door of that old building.
    — Frank C. Hibben, Outdoor Life, 15 July 2026
  • Each molecule imprints its own barcodelike pattern onto that light, and the pattern can be seen when astronomers parse the light into its constituent colors.
    — Damien Pine, Scientific American, 13 July 2026
Definition of imprints
Verb
  • Dry all surfaces completely and replace knobs, drip pans, and coils back on the stove.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 9 July 2026
  • Visitors are typically brought by elevator to the uppermost exhibition level and then follow a broad, gently descending ramp that coils around a central void.
    — Bridget Borgobello May 30, New Atlas, 30 May 2026
Definition of coils
Noun
  • The FishHouse structures have larger openings for popular species in Lake Norman — bass, crappies and catfish — to reproduce, said Drew Keeley, who led the project for Natrx.
    — Laura Horne, Charlotte Observer, 23 July 2026
  • Here’s a quick digest of the latest openings covered by the Star-Telegram.
    — July 23, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 July 2026
Definition of openings
Verb
  • Together, the pair launch an underground fight club that quickly spirals out of control.
    — Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 26 June 2026
  • The mothership series ended tragically for the show’s central character, Damson Idris’ Franklin Saint, who spirals into alcoholism after Teddy McDonald, played by Carter Hudson, is killed by Franklin’s mother (Cissy Saint).
    — Denise Petski, Deadline, 2 June 2026
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