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Recent Examples of indent
Noun
For example, spoon nails are indented and curved towards the center, while pincer nails curl away from the center and deeper into the folds of your nail.—Mark Gurarie, Health, 19 July 2024 Archaeologists in Virginia uncovered what is believed to be the remains of a military barracks from the Revolutionary War, including chimney bricks and musket balls indented with soldiers' teeth.—CBS News, 17 May 2024
Verb
Use that old toothbrush for scrubbing tight corners, grout, and other indents or details.—Bridget Reed Morawski, Architectural Digest, 14 Jan. 2025 The presence of an indent represented a 1, while the absence of an indent represented a 0.—Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 31 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for indent
According to the study authors, while the circular indentations may be tied to the theropod’s attempts at nest building, the scratches are more likely the remains of their ritual dance-offs, in which male dinosaurs dug deep into the sand, slashing their claws and sending spews of dust into the air.
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Sam Walters,
Discover Magazine,
27 June 2025
Analyzing Neanderthal Art The object, before being fully excavated and after, with three main indentations and a red dot.
Monday in his first game back in Detroit, Keith happened to notch three hits, all to the pull side.
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Cody Stavenhagen,
New York Times,
9 July 2025
Kerr County, where Green's family members were swept away, has notched the highest death count, with 87 people lost from a community with just 25,000 residents.
And how can sculpture accomplish the experience of simultaneous collective reception that was formerly its greatest social promise?
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Benjamin H. D. Buchloh,
Artforum,
1 June 2025
Bourdelle’s voluminous works in marble, bronze, and wood fill the lofty mezzanine, while his bronze sculptures Héraklès archer (Hercules the Archer) and Centaure mourant (Dying Centaur) highlight the garden.
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