indentation

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When the cell's receptors detect that the virus has attached, the membrane begins forming a small indentation at that spot.

From Science Daily • Dec. 4, 2025

He finishes with special tools that carve out the metal and leave an indentation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 9, 2025

For air-fried burgers, flatten your patties as much as possible and press an indentation in the center to prevent them from puffing up.

From Salon • Mar. 8, 2025

But as more and more photos of the rodent’s presumably accidental life-cast circulated, the sidewalk indentation became a unifying attraction and something of a playful pilgrimage site.

From Slate • Feb. 11, 2024

In the light of his lantern, Pinmei could see he had been looking for an indentation in the wall that was like a...handle?

From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin