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Recent Examples of pores
Another standout, silymarin (which is extracted from milk thistle, a plant related to daisies and ragweeds), helps prevent oil oxidation—the culprit behind clogged pores and early signs of aging—while salicylic acid delivers gentle, pore-clearing exfoliation for a clearer complexion over time.
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Sarah Han, Allure, 27 Jan. 2026
Sarah Han, Allure, 27 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pores
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The Neo chassis also features side-firing speakers instead of speakers beneath the keyboard, venting out slits on the left and right side that resemble SD-card slots.—
Joe Osborne,
PC Magazine,
10 Mar. 2026
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Moore paired her bob with leather separates, which consisted of a tight-fitting jacket and skinny pants with slits up the ankles.—
Hannah Malach,
InStyle,
4 Mar. 2026
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Encouraging your kid to brush their teeth twice a day, with a dab of fluoride toothpaste, will guard against cavities.—
Barrie Gillies,
Parents,
9 Mar. 2026
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One captures a white concrete community mausoleum, its crypts often empty, like absent teeth cavities, its coffins stolen presumably for anything valuable inside.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
6 Mar. 2026
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After four seasons of love sausages, exploding body parts, and supes climbing into other people's orifices, this is set to be the finale of all finales.—
Sergio Pereira,
Space.com,
2 Jan. 2026
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Screwworms—or technically New World Screwworms (NWS)—are parasitic flies that spawn hundreds of ravenous larvae in the wounds and orifices of a wide range of warm-blooded animals.—
Beth Mole,
ArsTechnica,
25 Aug. 2025
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There is some reason to use the lens at tiny apertures, though.—
Jim Fisher,
PC Magazine,
5 Mar. 2026
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Doing so merges two apertures — the narrow and the microscopic — into a wide-angle lens.—
Scott Hocker,
TheWeek,
5 Mar. 2026
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Others coordinated to use their consecutive time slots to read off of the same script, starting where the person before them hand been cut off.—
Rachel Royster,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
10 Mar. 2026
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The Neo chassis also features side-firing speakers instead of speakers beneath the keyboard, venting out slits on the left and right side that resemble SD-card slots.—
Joe Osborne,
PC Magazine,
10 Mar. 2026
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The trail will typically lead you to cracks and crevices where the colony is hidden.—
Alexandra Kelly,
Martha Stewart,
13 Mar. 2026
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This helps the cake slide out of the crevices smoothly and easily without sticking to the pan.—
Karla Walsh,
Better Homes & Gardens,
12 Mar. 2026
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Sandstone and limestone provided fissures and fractures where these hydrocarbons could sit, and caprock kept everything in place.—
Stephanie Pappas,
Scientific American,
6 Mar. 2026
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The controversy has highlighted both religious and political fissures.—
Peter Smith,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Mar. 2026
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“Pores.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pores. Accessed 16 Mar. 2026.
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