TOOTH Synonyms: 45 Similar and Opposite Words

tooth

noun

Definition of tooth

as in taste

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Recent Examples of tooth But the cells that make it, called ameloblasts, break down once a tooth erupts, and a 2014 paper in the Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research explains that mature enamel no longer contains the living cells needed to repair itself. — Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 20 Oct. 2026 About 1 in 5 adults ages 20 to 64 has at least one untreated cavity, and nearly all adults 65 and older have dealt with tooth decay at some point, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. — Ryan Brennan, Sacbee.com, 20 Oct. 2026 According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), about 1 in 5 adults ages 20 to 64 has at least one untreated cavity, while nearly all adults 65 and older have had tooth decay at some point. — Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Oct. 2026 Ingratitude is indeed sharper than a serpent’s tooth, and McBride isn’t wrong, but since when has Hollywood not been a pit of snakes? — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for tooth

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Noun

Over the past few years, that space has become much more crowded, with brands from On Running to APL to Deckers Brands’ HOKA to New Balance managing to meet consumers’ changing tastes.

— Phil Wahba, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026
Rice’s reputation as the rare C-suite suit with both taste and talent-friendliness followed him out of Disney to a non-exclusive production and co-financing deal with A24 for both TV and film.

— Josef Adalian, Vulture, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of taste

Noun

Last year, Kort helped launch an Eat the Invaders event, bringing chefs together to channel people’s appetite for delicious food by cooking with invasive and overabundant species.

— Victoria Malloy, Time, 21 Oct. 2026
Switches made from wide-bandgap semiconductors such as silicon carbide could handle far higher voltages than silicon, and the EV industry’s appetite for these materials began driving the cost down just as a hungrier customer arrived.

— Alex Pasternack, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of appetite

Noun

The books below will satisfy your bog witch cravings, while also reminding you of the real-world importance of bogs as bulwarks against climate change, cradles of biodiversity, and keepers of ancestral memory.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2026
Another is Gimme Gummy, a craving for squishy, jelly-like textures in everything from candy to phone cases.

— Sarah Glodek, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of craving

Noun

More flexible communications could help commanders make better use of available radar coverage.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 21 Oct. 2026
Although the mattress developed some minor misshaping after a month of heavy use, Moon still thinks it’s packed with value.

— Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of use

Noun

Anyone who’s had a game console and played Madden has arranged depth charts to their liking and made game-management decisions to feel like a head coach.

— Saad Yousuf, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2026
This flamboyantly ambitious novel, which takes place in a version of Atlanta known as Atlantis, follows the life of George Washington Jonson, a Black cop with a liking for white women.

— The New Yorker, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of liking

Noun

In the debut episode, Robach and Holmes detailed how the scandal unfolded and insisted they’d been quietly separated from their spouses before their love affair began.

— Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026
One of the teens, Eden, is the daughter of a hellfire-and-brimstone preacher and is having a secret love affair.

— Adam Harrington, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of love affair

Noun

In order to be helpful, Muse constantly builds extensive dossiers of users and their desires, social relationships, and messaging behaviors, TIME’s Harry Booth reported this month.

— Andrew R. Chow, Time, 22 Oct. 2026
This offbeat tendency doesn’t preclude a desire to make a big splash, of course.

— Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of desire

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