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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

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Noun
  • The chain also offers side items such as chips and fruit, and cookies as a dessert option.
    Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2025
  • OpenAI has made several other billion-dollar deals recently, including $10 billion to develop custom AI chips with Broadcom.
    Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Comfort definitely improved, but performance didn’t always keep pace — there were times when traction suffered, leading to more slipping and, in my opinion, the softer spikes could leave deeper indentations on greens that sometimes-affected putting.
    Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Mabel is able to shade in the adjacent page to read the pencil indentations, which at first seems to be just more notes on birds.
    Tom Smyth, Vulture, 9 Sep. 2025
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“Indents.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indents. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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