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noun

plural of indent

as in chips

a V-shaped cut usually on an edge or a surface with the heel of his boot he made a sizable indent in the dirt as a temporary marker

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verb

present tense third-person singular of indent

as in notches

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There’s nothing more annoying than unsightly indents in your carpet that are suddenly exposed. — Ashley Chalmers, The Spruce, 23 Apr. 2026 Three years after his departure, the indents of Bob Myers’ fingerprints remain on the Warriors organization due to the compounding mistakes of Dunleavy’s tenure. — Jannelle Moore, Mercury News, 22 Apr. 2026 The nail indents in the walls, however, are still there. — Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2026 Whisk light corn syrup with a bit of water, brush it into indents, and sprinkle on colored sugar. — Laura Fenton, Parents, 5 Mar. 2026 An iridescent bronze defines the upper for the All-Star edition, while its indents are shaped like stars. — Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 29 Jan. 2026 Celebrity nail artist Queenie Nguyen gives these bright copper nails indents and grooves for a unique way to dress them up. — Audrey Noble, Vogue, 19 Dec. 2025

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And as part of a deal to secure export licenses for advanced chips from the US government, HUMAIN will not allow Chinese frontier AI models to be trained on its compute capacity.

— Kelsey Warner, semafor.com, 4 Sep. 2026
As chips and processors became more powerful, retail trading platforms could process and display increasingly large amounts of market data.

— Brian Lund, Encyclopedia Britannica, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of chips

Verb

Each one is see-through, so all the contents are organized but still in view, and the lids feature grooves for secure stacking.

— Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Aug. 2026
But when Las Vegas’s the Killers traded in the Anglophilia and new wave nostalgia of 2004’s Hot Fuss for the E Street Band grooves and Americana imagery of Sam’s Town, fans and critics were divided.

— Al Shipley, SPIN, 29 June 2026

Definition of grooves

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Some have indentations meant to gather rainwater, and some have multiple points of entry and egress, all of which the rats apparently appreciate.

— Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 20 Aug. 2026
Like the experimental teeth, the ones from Neanderthal archaeological sites had the same overlapping small fractures, shallow indentations, and shallow scratches.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 2 June 2026

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