as in hole
a sunken area forming a separate space
a cavity in the lawn where a tree stump had been removed
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Recent Examples of cavity
Some smaller birds, such as cavity nesting house wrens, will find locations with small entry holes to prevent larger predator birds from raiding the nest.
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Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 May 2025
The removal of fluoride from Florida’s water will guarantee more cavities for our children.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 21 May 2025
Fluoride is a mineral that has been added to drinking water for generations to strengthen teeth and reduce cavities by replacing minerals lost during normal wear and tear, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
—Stephany Matat, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2025
It is added to some dental products, such as toothpaste, to help prevent cavities.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 15 May 2025
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Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 May 2025
The removal of fluoride from Florida’s water will guarantee more cavities for our children.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 21 May 2025
Fluoride is a mineral that has been added to drinking water for generations to strengthen teeth and reduce cavities by replacing minerals lost during normal wear and tear, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
—Stephany Matat, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2025
It is added to some dental products, such as toothpaste, to help prevent cavities.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 15 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cavity
Noun
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For decades, conservationists successfully plugged that hole by arguing in court that the ESA’s prohibition of harm to individual species includes destroying a species’ habitat.—
Emma Marris,
The Atlantic,
25 May 2025
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Other cavity nesters such as woodpeckers will make holes in trees, and those can also be adopted by tree swallows, flickers, kestrels and chickadees.—
Ernie Cowan,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 May 2025
Noun
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Thus, minimum payments don’t make a dent in your loan’s principal.—
Christine Benz,
Los Angeles Times,
31 May 2025
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In Haiti’s case, neither a recent U.S. designation of the armed groups as terrorist organizations nor a multinational force led by Kenya has made a dent in the gangs’ ability to sow chaos.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
31 May 2025
Noun
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Evidence could include jetty and mooring post remnants, ballast stones, boatbuilding pits, temporary shelters, and artifacts indicating local commerce.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
22 May 2025
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That dynamic pits the department’s higher-ups against its rank-and-file firefighters and EMS workers.—
Chris Sommerfeldt,
New York Daily News,
21 May 2025
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Antonio Stradivari, for instance, carefully tinkered with the geometry of his violins—the relative concavity of the back and the front, the thickness of the wood—to produce his legendary results.—
Chris Almeida,
The New Yorker,
6 Jan. 2024
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Fluted white marble columns sit on black granite pedestals, carrying the eye upward to where lines slide over, folds narrow, and concavities become convex.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
3 Aug. 2023
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“Cavity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cavity. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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