indentation
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The researchers then tested the jaws using several indentation depths.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 16, 2026
Rachel suggested the indentation in her abdomen might have been an ovarian cyst, and a doctor agreed but took no further action.
From BBC ● Apr. 8, 2026
He finishes with special tools that carve out the metal and leave an indentation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2025
For air-fried burgers, flatten your patties as much as possible and press an indentation in the center to prevent them from puffing up.
From Salon ● Mar. 8, 2025
He pointed at an indentation in the ground with no marker beside it.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
Nervous consumers are also avoiding berries and herbs, which have indentations that can trap microscopic parasites, though they haven’t been implicated in the recent outbreak.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Kinter and Roberts said the indentations are streambeds that their Patwin ancestors committed to memory for when they needed water.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2024
He mostly cut freehand, sometimes using indentations he made with his fingernails as outlines, then dyed his creations with green, pink, red and yellow pigments.
From New York Times ● Mar. 20, 2024
Ocean Spray cranberry sauce, coaxed out of the can with its ringed indentations intact.
From Salon ● Nov. 23, 2023
But Scott de Martinville had no way of playing the recording back: running a stylus back over the indentations in the paper would destroy them.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
Vocabulary lists containing indentation
"A Rose for Emily"
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