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as in puncture
a mark or small hole made by a pointed instrument
during the lesson the boy absentmindedly made perforations in his paper with his pencil
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as in aperture
a place in a surface allowing passage into or through a thing
poked the button through a perforation in the fabric
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Recent Examples of perforation
At night, the wall’s perforations are backlit to reveal what the stars looked like on May 5, 1718, the day San Antonio was founded by Spanish colonizers.
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Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2025
The 15 indicates the number of perforations found on each frame, and the result is taller, more immersive images.
—Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Aug. 2025
The material's pore size, perforation, and layer structure can also be varied to change its acoustic behavior to suit different kinds of spaces – like stairwells, offices, large halls, and classrooms.
—Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 25 July 2025
Most perforations heal spontaneously, but if the hole persists or is caused by severe trauma, surgical correction may be required to restore hearing.9
Sensorial hearing loss occurs from damage to inner ear structures, including the nerve that connects the inner ear to the brain.
—Colleen Doherty, Verywell Health, 3 July 2025
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Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2025
The 15 indicates the number of perforations found on each frame, and the result is taller, more immersive images.
—Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Aug. 2025
The material's pore size, perforation, and layer structure can also be varied to change its acoustic behavior to suit different kinds of spaces – like stairwells, offices, large halls, and classrooms.
—Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 25 July 2025
Most perforations heal spontaneously, but if the hole persists or is caused by severe trauma, surgical correction may be required to restore hearing.9
Sensorial hearing loss occurs from damage to inner ear structures, including the nerve that connects the inner ear to the brain.
—Colleen Doherty, Verywell Health, 3 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for perforation
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The new generation of Volvo Dynamic Steering is designed to detect a front tire puncture and, in a split second, automatically mitigate the impact by assisting the driver to keep the truck on a steady course.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Sep. 2025
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With the offending hook now removed, the bleeding quickly subsided, and aside from a couple of small puncture wounds (and a crankbait in need of new hooks), the damage was minimal.—
Brad Dokken,
Twin Cities,
24 Aug. 2025
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Although no design has been settled upon yet, a round-ish mirror with a minimum aperture of 26 feet (eight meters) has been mooted.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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Similarly, in astronomy, larger apertures, advances in photography and spectroscopy, the development of multi-wavelength astronomy beyond the visible light spectrum, and the first space telescopes all brought in new observational data that upended many pre-existing ideas.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
28 Aug. 2025
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As the Republican candidate stood on the fifth-hole putting green, a Secret Service agent was riding a golf cart in a security sweep of the sixth hole and noticed someone hiding behind a chain-link fence in the southeast corner of the course.—
Jay Weaver,
Miami Herald,
5 Sep. 2025
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Untangle the roots and spread them out in their planting holes.—
Rita Pelczar,
Better Homes & Gardens,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Perforation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perforation. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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