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verb

past tense of dimple

as in dented

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Adjective

Symptoms can include a lump in the armpit, dimpled skin on the chest, red or flaky skin near the nipple, pain or tenderness on the chest or armpit, clear or bloody nipple discharge and an inverted nipple, per the Cleveland Clinic. — Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 18 July 2026 His hair and eyes are dark, and though his hands still possess the dimpled pudginess of childhood, his face has aged in a way that has nothing to do with years. — Literary Hub, 14 July 2026 Cellulite is a skin condition in which fat collects in pockets under the skin and pushes up against it, making the skin's surface look lumpy or dimpled. — Rena Goldman, Health, 28 June 2026 Dylan, who is dimpled and impish, with long eyelashes and a curtain of dark bangs, picked up a small container and examined it. — Anna Wiener, New Yorker, 4 May 2026 Housed in a building with a dimpled façade that many say looks like a cheese grater, the Broad houses the collection of Edythe Broad, who accumulated a formidable cache of contemporary art with her late husband Eli. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Apr. 2026 That ‘97 triumph and what followed was bigger-than-sports stuff as Woods brought welcome color to a sport white as that dimpled ball, and inspiring young multitudes suddenly interested in golf. — Miami Herald, 8 Apr. 2026 The trail takes visitors along Rottenwood Creek where, at this time of year, thousands of dimpled trout lilies (Erythronium umbilicatum) create bright yellow carpets on the hillsides and stream banks. — Charles Seabrook, AJC.com, 7 Mar. 2026 According to common depictions of his family’s dynamic, Mamdani inherited his leftist political ideology from his father, the anti-colonialist Columbia professor, and his dimpled charm and flair for the theatrical from his filmmaker mother. — Rebecca Traister, Vulture, 10 Feb. 2026

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Adjective

One serving size of peanuts is 1 ounce, or about the amount that would fill a cupped hand.

— Mira Miller, Verywell Health, 21 Aug. 2026
New leaves become cupped and turn pale green, the leaf edges turn yellow, and the undersides of the leaves may turn purplish.

— Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 4 July 2026

Definition of cupped

Verb

But with female crabs able to produce up to 8 million eggs every season, culling barely dented their numbers.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 Sep. 2026
Big Ten revenue has dented the deficit, according to budget figures obtained by the California Post, but the expense of fielding competitive teams in all sports is soaring.

— Los Angeles Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of dented

Adjective

Soon after the moon was formed, asteroids bombarded it, creating its pockmarked topography.

— Martin Elvis, Space.com, 14 Sep. 2026
But asteroids and comets have also bombarded Mercury, riddling it with impact craters, much like the pockmarked surface of Earth’s moon.

— Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of pockmarked

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After the break, Croatia's defense was sliced open again on a quick break and Elliot Anderson curled in a cross from the right and Kane slid in at the back post for a poacher's finish.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026
With the rains the park has had lately, the leaves were relaxed and not curled into their dry weather posture.

— Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 28 Sep. 2026

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Treatments follow Thai, Chinese, and Indian healing methods, and the cavernous aqua-therapy lounge with sauna and vitality pool is a blissful hangout after a massage.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2026
And the classic grand-department-store model—floor after cavernous floor packed with merchandise—might well be outdated.

— Rachel Felder, Robb Report, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of cavernous

Adjective

The cause was a rare and aggressive cancer of the soft tissue, alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, according to the organizers of an online funding appeal.

— Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 30 Mar. 2026
Rhabdomyosarcoma is more common in children but can occur in adults, according to the American Cancer Society, and alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma typically affects all age groups equally.

— Sara Moniuszko, USA Today, 30 Mar. 2026

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Verb

Fast-forward to Wednesday and the $110B Paramount-WBD mega-merger was officially waved through and the new company will officially launch on Tuesday (October 6).

— Max Goldbart, Deadline, 2 Oct. 2026
Brown waved back and rode on, figuring nobody had really recognized him.

— James O'Connell, New York Daily News, 1 Oct. 2026

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