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as in puncture
a mark or small hole made by a pointed instrument
during the lesson the boy absentmindedly made perforations in his paper with his pencil
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as in aperture
a place in a surface allowing passage into or through a thing
poked the button through a perforation in the fabric
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Recent Examples of perforation
Also beware of perforations in the upper designed to make the boots more breathable—those holes could be a liability in deep water or snow.
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Svati Kirsten Narula, Outside Online, 25 Oct. 2024
This consists of double-sided blowers, airflow channels, and thousands of perforations on the back and bottom of the machine's case.
—Brenda Stolyar, WIRED, 8 Mar. 2022
Uterine Perforation Uterine perforation—a small hole or tear in the uterine walls—can occur during IUD insertion.
—Wendy Wisner, Health, 28 Oct. 2024
Inside, the colossal entrance atrium wows visitors—plus, perforations in its walls and ceiling allowing sunlight to illuminate a huge statue of Ramses II (known himself to be one of Ancient Egypt’s most ambitious builders).
—Amy Bradford, Architectural Digest, 30 Sep. 2024
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Svati Kirsten Narula, Outside Online, 25 Oct. 2024
This consists of double-sided blowers, airflow channels, and thousands of perforations on the back and bottom of the machine's case.
—Brenda Stolyar, WIRED, 8 Mar. 2022
Uterine Perforation Uterine perforation—a small hole or tear in the uterine walls—can occur during IUD insertion.
—Wendy Wisner, Health, 28 Oct. 2024
Inside, the colossal entrance atrium wows visitors—plus, perforations in its walls and ceiling allowing sunlight to illuminate a huge statue of Ramses II (known himself to be one of Ancient Egypt’s most ambitious builders).
—Amy Bradford, Architectural Digest, 30 Sep. 2024
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Bronwyn Newport is opening up about the terrifying moment she was attacked by a dog that left her with 37 puncture wounds in her arm and legs.Vanessa Etienne, People.com, 13 Dec. 2024
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Hamilton was also punished for two separate incidents, first serving a five-second time penalty for a false start before being hit with a drive-through penalty for speeding in the pitlane after suffering a puncture.Sam Joseph, CNN, 2 Dec. 2024
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Open the aperture beyond ROI, and leverage the return on experience (ROX) framework shared in my previous article to create a rather holistic set of metrics.Sujay Saha, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
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The 18-55mm's depth of field is quite slim when focusing close, even with the aperture stopped down.PCMAG, PCMAG, 2 Dec. 2024
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After digging an early 16–2 hole, George Mason stunned the favorites by winning 65–60.Newsweek, Newsweek, 26 Dec. 2024
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With these rigs, the line holder works in the ordinary way, but the line runs through a small hole in the top of a wooden box that has no bottom.Erwin A. Bauer, Outdoor Life, 25 Dec. 2024
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“Perforation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perforation. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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