whorl
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Though these grafts developed successfully at first, over time the well-defined topography of the ear -- its familiar ridges, curves, and whorls -- were lost.
From Science Daily • Apr. 1, 2024
But as Nordlinger, Lupyan and their colleagues show, some of those loops form tight millisecond whorls that tie together our instantaneous perception of the world and our habitual way of framing it in words.
From Scientific American • Oct. 18, 2023
Gehry’s building, with its explosion of stainless steel whorls, is something of a symbol of the center’s discipline-scrambling programming.
From New York Times • Jul. 5, 2023
The Terra Incognita of our minds is like blowing whorls of snow, perpetually altering itself to fit the progressively shifting frontiers of human awareness.
From Salon • May 29, 2023
It looked like a huge thumbprint, even to whorls of wrinkled skin.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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