molar
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Standing on four pronged feet at the junction of two rivers, O’Donnell + Tuomey’s five-story design resembles a giant chipped molar.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 2, 2026
My dentist said a molar needed to be yanked because of a cellular breakdown called resorption, and a periodontist in his office recommended a bone graft and probably an implant.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2026
The one molar she had left had no chewing surface, she said, meaning she could only eat soft food.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2025
In 1832, Darwin uncovered molar teeth belonging to Toxodon, and the following year he discovered a skull belonging to the creature in Uruguay.
From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2024
I noticed that he had his key on an elastic cord around his ankle, and I also noticed that he had a key chain ornament that looked like a giant molar.
From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg
As many as 8,000 people lived in its unique cluster of adobe-brick homes, which were packed together, Mr. Kean writes, “as tightly as molars, with no space between them.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
The fossil includes unusually large canine and premolar teeth, molars with rounded and strongly textured chewing surfaces, and a particularly sturdy jaw.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 24, 2026
Many people no longer have space for their third molars – leading to impaction, crowding and often requiring surgical removal.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 11, 2026
That’s when she brought up the dentist she’d seen a few years earlier to get her molars pulled.
From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2025
He covered his ears with both hands and ground his molars together.
From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko
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