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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
Lounge in the sunken living room, avocado velour.
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Olivia Kan-Sperling, Artforum, 2 May 2026
An indoor water fountain is also an eye-catching feature, placed inside a sunken area of the restaurant that offers an elevated feel.
—Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 29 Apr. 2026
The Artemis 2 heat shield looks like a sunken treasure from the Titanic in an underwater shot following splashdown.
—Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 28 Apr. 2026
Tell me about the sunken living room.
—Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 27 Apr. 2026
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Olivia Kan-Sperling, Artforum, 2 May 2026
An indoor water fountain is also an eye-catching feature, placed inside a sunken area of the restaurant that offers an elevated feel.
—Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 29 Apr. 2026
The Artemis 2 heat shield looks like a sunken treasure from the Titanic in an underwater shot following splashdown.
—Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 28 Apr. 2026
Tell me about the sunken living room.
—Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 27 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sunken
Adjective
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Using a clean towel, apply a generous amount of food-safe mineral oil to the concave side.—
Staff Author,
Martha Stewart,
31 Mar. 2026
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Lightly wet just the concave side of the board and place it on a damp kitchen towel on your countertop.—
Lizzy Briskin,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
23 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Capitol Reef National Park, Utah Straddling a huge portion of southern Utah, Capitol Reef owes its name to the vivid imagination of early settlers, who thought one of its giant white-rock formations resembled a capitol building dome and its jagged cliffs an underwater reef.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
Mercury News,
8 May 2026
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The first underwater images and footage showing the ships’ exteriors and interiors were released in 2019.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
8 May 2026
Adjective
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It was thought that the aye-aye’s taps served to identify hollow chambers inside wood using acoustic feedback generated by tapping.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
10 May 2026
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Others may use hollow pipes, tubes, window ledges or even sliding door tracks (a favorite site for the grass-carrying wasp).—
Pamm Cooper,
Hartford Courant,
9 May 2026
Adjective
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These in turn lead to dead zones in waterways where oxygen levels drop, killing aquatic organisms like fish.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
10 May 2026
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Florida’s laws mandate protection of minimum aquifer levels and spring flows that do not result in significant harm to aquatic and human use values.—
Robert Knight,
The Orlando Sentinel,
8 May 2026
Adjective
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Children, yes, but families, grown-ups, single people, divorced people, cheerful people, depressed people, dog people, cat people, Dodgers fans, Padres fans, whomever.—
Todd Martens,
Los Angeles Times,
12 May 2026
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But there are some important factors that could lower their ceiling, namely depressed enthusiasm with some key groups, the fact that there are fewer competitive districts than ever before and the state of the redistricting battle.—
Domenico Montanaro,
NPR,
9 May 2026
Adjective
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One of the major functions of modern navies is submarine hunting.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
18 Jan. 2026
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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
Adjective
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Police also determined that the submerged van, which had the logo for Silver Taxi Cab Service of Waldorf, had gone missing in December 2014.—
JT Moodee Lockman,
CBS News,
8 May 2026
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Los Angeles firefighters pulled Andrade’s teenage son from the lake first, but struggled to locate the father, who remained submerged.—
Anthony Thompson,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Sunken.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sunken. Accessed 15 May. 2026.
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