pore

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Recent Examples of pore Ice is very anti-inflammatory and gives the illusion of tightening the pores. The Editors, Robb Report, 4 Oct. 2025 This current flow is decreased by the presence of a base in the nanopore—and, crucially, the amount of the decrease depends on which of the four bases, A, T, G, or C, is entering the pore. IEEE Spectrum, 2 Oct. 2025 Despite my profuse sweating from every pore on my body, the deodorant didn’t dissipate and allowed my thighs to glide against each other without chafing. Laura Harold, Outside, 28 Sep. 2025 Acne-prone skin types really benefit from the additional pore-clearing that a toner provides. Esme Benjamin, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for pore
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Noun
  • Using high-resolution micro-CT scanning, the team confirmed that the tantalum formed a rigid internal framework that trapped liquid copper within microscopic cavities.
    Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Medullary bone is temporary tissue that forms inside a cavity in long bones of birds and dinosaurs to provide calcium for eggshells, and was previously used in research to identify a pregnant Tyrannosaurus rex in 2016.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 4 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • The social media influencer styled a sleeveless maxidress with a short train, featuring a high neckline and a thigh-high slit.
    Julia Teti, Footwear News, 5 Nov. 2025
  • To make these adorable wine cork place cards, cut a horizontal slit across the top of the wine cork and slide in a place card.
    Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • The hospital was the first Belgian hospital to introduce the single port Da Vinci robot, enabling complex procedures through a single incision or natural orifice.
    Christophe Mouton, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
  • In fish, the cloaca is a single orifice that handles excretion (both urine and fecal material) as well as reproduction.
    John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 17 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • However, a telescope with an aperture of 8-inches or more will reveal Uranus as a tiny blue dot in the eyepiece under good atmospheric conditions.
    Anthony Wood, Space.com, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Under Baer, Stitch Fix has been opening the aperture and is letting consumers get larger fixes on their own timetables as well as shipments based on a theme or built around a purchase through the platform’s freestyle service.
    Evan Clark, Footwear News, 3 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • The interspace is enchanted mainly in its normalcy.
    Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 17 June 2024
  • Many of the bacteria at least partially survived, which helps to test one of the parameters for the theory of panspermia—that life on Earth originated somewhere else and was brought here on an asteroid or other interspace body.
    Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 14 Sep. 2020
Noun
  • If Ward is able to regain his All-Pro form, that would give Indianapolis one of the fiercest cornerback trios in the league with Ward and Gardner on the outside, along with 2021 Pro Bowler Kenny Moore II starting in the slot.
    James Boyd, New York Times, 5 Nov. 2025
  • The brand's weekender has a separate shoe compartment and an electronics section with a padded laptop sleeve, as well as slots, pouches, and pockets for cords, a power bank, and other travel essentials.
    Sophie Dodd, Travel + Leisure, 4 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • The two were married in 2015 and divorced in 2018, but characterized the split as amicable and have remained close.
    Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Nov. 2025
  • And on which side Kidman is taking in Cruise’s new split, especially.
    Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 4 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • One solo roach sat inside a wall crevice.
    David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 31 Oct. 2025
  • While working in his cave, Dill found a crevice leading to an upper level.
    Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 30 Oct. 2025

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“Pore.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pore. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.

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