cavity
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Sensors, for example, could be placed in the oral cavity for real-time monitoring, continuously tracking changes in the oral environment and watch for things like markers of inflammation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
“She could be in a cavity, or gap — in an air bubble. It could be. Miracles do happen. One cannot lose hope.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026
In a typical cavity QED setup, each atom has a ground state and an excited state separated by a specific energy difference.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 6, 2026
A surgeon from the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center removed her brain tumor and lined the cavity with the implants in late November 2022.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 30, 2026
I found their cold little bodies under bushes and one stiff chickadee in a cavity.
From "My Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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After brain tumors are removed, a surgeon uses the tiles to line the walls of the empty cavities.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 30, 2026
Police used planes, drones and thermal scanners in the investigation, the latter used "to detect concealed spaces and hidden cavities," they said.
From Barron's ● May 28, 2026
But employees like Derek aren’t quite as generous with their diagnosis: “They are getting cavities in their brains.”
From Slate ● Apr. 9, 2026
This development is especially important because there is currently no dedicated product available to treat the severe cavities that often occur after radiation therapy for head and neck cancer.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 5, 2026
I pictured her whispering the news to all the people in the waiting room who were about to get their cavities drilled.
From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd
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