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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
The park recommends a few diving locations, including Big Wall/Small Wall, Jenny’s Drift, and Junk, a sunken boat sitting at 60 feet underwater.
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Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 23 Aug. 2025
Ancient artifacts dating back to a sunken city from more than 2,000 years ago were pulled out of the Mediterranean Sea on Thursday, according to Egyptian officials.
—Sophia Compton, FOXNews.com, 22 Aug. 2025
The wartime drama recounts the rescue of British POWs from the sunken Lisbon Maru by fishermen from Dongji Island during World War II.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 18 Aug. 2025
The first level features a sunken living room.
—Wendy Goodman, Curbed, 12 Aug. 2025
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Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 23 Aug. 2025
Ancient artifacts dating back to a sunken city from more than 2,000 years ago were pulled out of the Mediterranean Sea on Thursday, according to Egyptian officials.
—Sophia Compton, FOXNews.com, 22 Aug. 2025
The wartime drama recounts the rescue of British POWs from the sunken Lisbon Maru by fishermen from Dongji Island during World War II.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 18 Aug. 2025
The first level features a sunken living room.
—Wendy Goodman, Curbed, 12 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sunken
Adjective
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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
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The bell and diaphragm devices have a wide, flat side for high frequencies and a smaller, concave side for low frequencies.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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While many around the world may only recall the images of houses underwater and families carrying each other on their backs and in their arms seeking shelter, survivors like New Orleans artist and performer at the 20th Annual Commemoration event, Allay Earhart, still relive that day vividly.—
Essence,
Essence,
5 Sep. 2025
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The result is a craft that moves more smoothly and uses less energy, even in challenging underwater conditions.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Taking on classic buddy-comedy attributes, Sam is the together one with a programmatic path toward life as a wealthy but hollow finance twerp, while Ari is the brash, cracked, less-medicated-than-he-should-be bull in a china shop.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
8 Sep. 2025
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For anyone who haven’t heard about NuPhy’s GhostBar, this is how the company’s designers stop the larger keys from rattling and sounding cheap and hollow.—
Mark Sparrow,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The aquatic plant once lined the shallows off the bay’s shoreline from Sausalito’s Spinnaker restaurant north to the Strawberry Peninsula point — the second largest bed in San Francisco Bay.—
Steven Rosenfeld,
Mercury News,
6 Sep. 2025
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In addition to collecting data or exploration, Deep Emerald removes litter from the lake and helps identify aquatic invasive species.—
Amelia Wu,
Sacbee.com,
5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Unemployment has stayed relatively low in part because of dampened demand for workers as well as a depressed supply (people aging out of the workforce as well as reductions in immigrant workers).—
Alicia Wallace,
CNN Money,
6 Sep. 2025
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This time producer Brad Ingelsby tapped Mark Ruffalo as a depressed and traumatized FBI agent leading a task force investigating a series of home invasions targeting drug dens in the area.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 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
Adjective
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Officials say the recovery marks an important milestone in Egypt’s national plan to study, preserve and showcase its submerged heritage.—
Ashley J. DiMella,
FOXNews.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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Three teens, a 15-year-old and twin 18-year-olds, got out of the submerged cart on their own.—
Jennifer Rodriguez,
Kansas City Star,
26 Aug. 2025
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“Sunken.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sunken. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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