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Adjective
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The scarred and pitted thing became the locus of his art.—
Jessica B. Harris,
Southern Living,
30 Nov. 2025 -
Meanwhile, River and Coe scramble to cover up their presence on the scene, with Coe taking River’s cash to buy him new clothes and using the extra change for pitted cherries.—
Scott Tobias,
Vulture,
22 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The refuge is at the end of a 25-mile-long rutted dirt road that climbs through a shadowy forest of pine and spruce, punctuated by the sparkle of the occasional stream or meadow.—
Michael Pollan,
The Atlantic,
26 Jan. 2026
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Oscillating between a massive ice luge and a rutted slushie pit, our road necessitates the use of spikes.—
Benjamin Tepler,
Outside,
23 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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In 1844, German astronomer, mathematician, physicist, and geodesist Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel (1784-1836) found their paths through space to be wavy, instead of straight, and correctly attributed this to the gravitational effects of unseen companions.—
Joe Rao,
Space.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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True to our expert’s praise, my hair felt noticeably softer than my naturally textured, wavy baseline after the first use.—
Conçetta Ciarlo,
Vogue,
23 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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The tiles resemble elephant skin with its bumpy knobby surface, and are designed to passively keep a building cool in hot months as well improve energy efficiency during cooler months.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
15 Nov. 2025
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It was mostly composed of only one skull bone instead of the two bones seen in later species and largely lacked the knobby horns that other pachycephalosaurs had as ornamentation.—
Jack Tamisiea,
Scientific American,
17 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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And four knurled billet feet allow precise leveling.—
Robert Ross,
Robb Report,
14 Nov. 2025
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The dust filter lifts off after flexing two tabs, and the fan bracket it’s attached to lifts off after removing three knurled screws.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
18 Oct. 2025
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“Pocked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pocked. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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