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as in concave
curved inward
our convalescing guest's sunken cheeks soon filled out on a diet of my mother's cooking
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Recent Examples of sunken
This fungal disease appears as gray blotches on the bark, eventually developing into sunken cankers.
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Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 1 Oct. 2025
Burnett’s stage was designed so that the audience was seated below the eye level of the performers, in a sunken pit, rather than above them, on risers.
—Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
The five people onboard were unharmed and the sunken sailboat was taken to the harbor of Oeiras, the report said.
—Ramon Padilla, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2025
Simple pleasure in reading, the childhood delight of hunkering down with a good book and a warm bagel on my chest, sitting sideways on a sunken armchair with my head on its arm, no longer felt possible.
—Literary Hub, 12 Sep. 2025
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Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 1 Oct. 2025
Burnett’s stage was designed so that the audience was seated below the eye level of the performers, in a sunken pit, rather than above them, on risers.
—Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
The five people onboard were unharmed and the sunken sailboat was taken to the harbor of Oeiras, the report said.
—Ramon Padilla, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2025
Simple pleasure in reading, the childhood delight of hunkering down with a good book and a warm bagel on my chest, sitting sideways on a sunken armchair with my head on its arm, no longer felt possible.
—Literary Hub, 12 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sunken
Adjective
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The Soarin’ hang-gliding flight simulator attractions combine mechanical lift systems with three rows of seats and aerial footage projected onto an 80-foot-tall concave domed movie screen to create a visual tour tied to a specific theme.—
Brady MacDonald,
Oc Register,
20 Oct. 2025
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In particular, the concave deck feels a lot like a skateboard and allows for better board feel and control—enabling Payne to do actual kick-flips on the wave.—
Rob Reed,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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In The Argument, Lakshya Jain looks at the national favorable ratings of the highest-profile progressive Democrats, from Gavin Newsom to Mamdani, all of them underwater.—
David Weigel,
semafor.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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While aerial sightings have long been treated skeptically, the underwater dimension adds a new layer of complexity.—
Amir Daftari,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Unlike a bird, a bat's wing bones are not hollow.—
Kirsten Fiscus,
Nashville Tennessean,
24 Oct. 2025
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Visitors who travel down a dirt road to The Hollow — named for the hollow-core concrete that made Mellor wealthy — can enter the compound through a dark, cavernous passage lined with neon signs illuminating maxims from the likes of Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Paine, and Flynn.—
Arthur Allen,
CNN Money,
24 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Peters calls the work an aquatic Fabergé egg.—
Michael Verdon,
Robb Report,
26 Oct. 2025
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At the annual Casamigos Halloween Party in October 2023, Justin Bieber embraced an aquatic theme by dressing as a scuba diver.—
Catherine Santino,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Real wages remain depressed and economic growth has stalled.—
Robert Birsel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Oct. 2025
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These options include simply selling their position through open-market sales, an exchange offer or a mandatory exchangeable bond, with proceeds potentially funding a large share buyback, which would be highly accretive to Fluor's EPS, especially at its currently depressed valuation.—
Kenneth Squire,
CNBC,
25 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Last December, lawmakers passed a short-term funding bill that included $5.7 billion in emergency funding for the submarine industrial base.—
Lisa Hagen,
Hartford Courant,
6 Aug. 2025
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Despite the ongoing retirement of older hulls, the PLAN's submarine force is expected to grow to 65 units by 2025 and 80 units by 2035 due to an expansion of submarine construction capacity.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 July 2025
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Launched from submerged submarines, the M51 can reach altitudes exceeding 2,000 kilometers and re-enters the atmosphere at speeds up to Mach 20, reflecting France’s focus on precision, reliability, and constant readiness in maintaining its 290-warhead nuclear deterrent.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Oct. 2025
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Pier 500 would use 124 acres of submerged infrastructure that was added during the construction of Pier 400.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Sunken.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sunken. Accessed 2 Nov. 2025.
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