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molar

[moh-ler] / ˈmoʊ lər /
NOUN
chopper
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He identified the object as a Pacific mastodon molar, and it was added to the Santa Cruz museum collection.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026

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

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

It was the kind of look I knew could extract the truth the way a dentist tears free a rotten molar.

From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson

Ella can't remember when she first started grinding her teeth at night, but she can vividly recall the excruciating jaw ache, the headaches, and being told her molars were disappearing.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 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

Tamma tiptoes “up climbs with body english and devious footwork”; she clings to fingerholds the size of molars; a fall sees her come “cheesegrating” down a slab.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026

Bergalis said that she’d been totally healthy before she got her molars removed.

From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2025

It was lodged there, deep inside some fold or furrow, like a mango hair between molars.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy




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