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Recent Examples of maws
Feeding black holes also usually emit copious ultraviolet radiation from the white-hot disks of material that pile up around their insatiable maws.
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Lee Billings, Scientific American, 14 Jan. 2026
Lee Billings, Scientific American, 14 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for maws
Noun
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The fish have been found in the gills and cloacal openings of whale sharks and the mouths of lemon sharks.—
Jackie Flynn Mogensen,
Scientific American,
11 May 2026
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The next time Draymond Green — who wasn’t half the basketball player that Charles Barkley was — smart-mouths Barkley on television, Sir Charles should remind everybody of the time Green was enough of a chucklehead to cost the Warriors one more title.—
Mike Lupica,
New York Daily News,
9 May 2026
Noun
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The worm can then approach safely and deliver its digestive enzymes through its jaws, beginning the process of external digestion.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
9 May 2026
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In Turkey, full-mouth dental implants treatment for both jaws is commonly quoted at £3,420 to £12,000 (about $4,280 to $15,000).—
Wyles Daniel,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2026
Noun
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This mix is a scrumptious way to get vegetables happily down the kid’s gullets.—
Cathy Thomas,
Oc Register,
13 Jan. 2026
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“Maws.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maws. Accessed 19 May. 2026.
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