as in hollow
curved inward
a concave lens
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as in cavity
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Recent Examples of concave
Jason Fields, Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2024
Underneath are two concave rubber pads to grip the frame without the worry of scratching it up and are cinched down with mini TPU straps.
—Matt Beer, Outside Online, 2 Nov. 2022
Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 2 Oct. 2024
Okazaki planned to throw in a fairly moderate double concave through the tail, and a single concave around where my front foot would be.
—Brent Rose, Outside Online, 29 Aug. 2024
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Adjective
The objects have handles attached to either a concave bowl or a flat disk, measuring 10 to 20 millimeters across.
—Jason Fields, Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2024
Underneath are two concave rubber pads to grip the frame without the worry of scratching it up and are cinched down with mini TPU straps.
—Matt Beer, Outside Online, 2 Nov. 2022
Noun
At least as long ago as the time of Confucius, and possibly earlier, Chinese households used concave mirrors to focus sunlight onto kindling to light cooking fires.
—Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 2 Oct. 2024
Okazaki planned to throw in a fairly moderate double concave through the tail, and a single concave around where my front foot would be.
—Brent Rose, Outside Online, 29 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for concave
Adjective
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While seemingly well-intentioned, this directive is a hollow threat to a player who goes on to a successful MLB career.—
Dan Freedman,
Forbes,
17 Jan. 2025
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What the Chiefs do would be hollow, even impossible, without the fans who animate and fund them and who made this the place to be 60-plus years ago — and in a whole new way now.—
Vahe Gregorian,
Kansas City Star,
12 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Over the centuries, the decomposing bodies left cavities inside the hardened mineral casings.—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
9 Jan. 2025
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The five-year survival rate for all types of oral cavity and oropharyngeal cancers is 91%—meaning that 91% of people with lip cancer are still alive five years after their diagnosis.—
Carrie Madormo, RN,
Health,
31 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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To the right is the sunken living room, which has a row of clerestory windows and a fireplace with a ceiling-height brick surround.—
Angela Serratore,
New York Times,
8 Jan. 2025
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Even with all that to choose from, Don’s penthouse apartment from season five, with its sunken living room, wood-paneling, and floor-to-ceiling windows, takes the cake.—
Rachel Davies,
Architectural Digest,
24 Dec. 2024
Noun
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These pathological behaviors pit colleagues against each other, creating a hostile environment of instability and chaos that shifts the focus of their toxic behaviour.—
Jason Walker,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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In homage to stock car racing’s roots in North Carolina, Red Bull Non-Stock 600 pits teams against one another in a go-kart race around an oval track.—
AvidXchange Music Factory,
Charlotte Observer,
22 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Trump’s high-end real estate ambitions with GOP connections Gen Z employees are stressed, depressed, and burnt out: Study Netflix keeps raising prices.—
Quartz Bot,
Quartz,
22 Jan. 2025
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The study also reveals that 46 percent of Gen Z felt stressed (compared to the 35 percent employee average), 35 percent felt depressed (compared to 20 percent average), 44 percent felt burned out (compared to 34 percent), and 30 percent felt isolated (compared to 22 percent).—
Jess Thomson,
Newsweek,
17 Jan. 2025
Noun
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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
Noun
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The mental benefits of dancing are also well studied, improving mood and alleviating symptoms of stress, depression, and anxiety.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
26 Jan. 2025
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Those who experienced physical symptoms were also more likely to report having psychological trauma, including depression and anxiety.—
Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi,
Discover Magazine,
24 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The reveal video shows the original Joy-Con's clicky rails replaced by a smoother recess and a rectangular port in the middle.—
Will Greenwald,
PCMAG,
16 Jan. 2025
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From the 1790s through the 1820s, these early presidents rarely used recess appointments, my research shows.—
Peter Kastor,
The Conversation,
13 Jan. 2025
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“Concave.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/concave. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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