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cavity

[kav-i-tee] / ˈkæv ɪ ti /


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“All the cavity nesters; all the nesters that rob the cavity nesters. Everyone is living in there. All of that is lost in one fell swoop. It’s a sort of strip mining.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

A mass was found in Jake's nose and nasal cavity and he was diagnosed with soft tissue sarcoma.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

They varied several properties of the setup, including the cavity geometry, characteristic frequency, material thicknesses, dielectric materials, and metallic strips.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 3, 2026

The team then compared the material's superconducting behavior inside and outside the cavity.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 3, 2026

"Wow, that's some cavity, it looks like the Grand Canyon. Tomorrow morning you're going to see my dentist—no back talk. He's very gentle, you won't feel a thing. Promise you'll go?"

From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin

With only 22 participants and a testing period lasting just 30 minutes after consumption, the study cannot establish whether drinking cranberry juice regularly prevents cavities or produces lasting improvements in dental health.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026

This would help explain the microscopic cavities observed in the plastic films.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

When Pioneer created samples, cavities intended to hold game accessories didn’t form, came out too thin or didn’t have the required depth.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

Those safe havens come in the form of nest boxes, specially designed to resemble the tree cavities barn owls nest in that are disappearing from our countryside.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 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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