pore

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Recent Examples of pore Take a look at some recent new species discoveries: Sea creature with ‘large’ throat pores found off Antarctica. Real-Time News Team, Miami Herald, 19 Sep. 2025 In summer, the surface of the ice melts, filling tiny pores with water. Katherine Bourzac, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025 The velvety cream works instantly to minimize the appearance of pores for smoother skin texture thanks to ingredients like silica and salicylic acid that absorb excess oil and clear out clogged pores. Jenny Berg, Vogue, 8 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
  • Even with the rise of fluoride in toothpaste and other products, it’s credited with a 25% decrease in cavities.
    Anna Clark, ProPublica, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Advertisement In experiments that began in the 1980s and developed over the ensuing 15 years, the scientists developed frameworks using metals and organic molecules that contained cavities large enough for gases and other materials to flow through.
    Connor Greene, Time, 9 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Using sharp paring knife, cut four 1 1/2-inch long slits in top of dough (think of a clock for slit placement at 12,3,6,9 positions).
    Cathy Thomas, Oc Register, 13 Oct. 2025
  • White tulle fabric peeked through the black velvet skirt due to a front slit that went all the way from the waist to the hem.
    Julia Teti, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 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
  • At its center, the lens scores in the outstanding range at its maximum aperture (5,700 lines), though its edges and corners aren't as clear and bring the average score down into the excellent range for a 60MP chip (4,400 lines).
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 12 Oct. 2025
  • In Mint, Regan has widened the aperture and secured a buzzy cast, including a rare TV acting performance from Ben Coyle-Larner AKA hip-hop star Loyle Carner.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 8 Oct. 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
  • So who cares my name’s one slot farther on the depth chart – that’s my friend.
    Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
  • If Kehlani, Thomas and The Scientist are locks, who do the last two slots go to?
    Kyle Denis, Billboard, 14 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Despite their split, both parents have continued to be supportive of their sons.
    Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Oct. 2025
  • The gamble backfired and his centrist bloc lost seats to both extremes, leaving France with a three-way split parliament and a government that could not pass major legislation.
    Saskya Vandoorne, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Northbound and southbound lanes were closed as the response team extracted the animal from the crevice safely.
    Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Methane has been measured escaping from crevices in the seabed at a high rate as the region warms at unprecedented rates, according to a paper published in Nature Communications.
    Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 11 Oct. 2025

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“Pore.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pore. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.

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