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Recent Examples of alveolar
But in fact these dental alveolar syndesmoses (technical speak for the tiny ligamentous joint between the tooth and jaw socket) move all the time.
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Bethany Brookshire, Scientific American, 25 Jan. 2025
Getting a tooth pulled carries a risk of experiencing a dry socket, also known as alveolar osteitis.
—Maxine Lipner, Verywell Health, 19 Oct. 2024
Doctors diagnosed Anderson with stage 4 alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare soft tissue cancer, in 2018.
—Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 26 Sep. 2024
Inside our lungs, white blood cells called alveolar macrophages work to keep the airways clean by engulfing and digesting debris, including dust and dead cells.
—Carl Engelking, Discover Magazine, 10 Mar. 2015
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Bethany Brookshire, Scientific American, 25 Jan. 2025
Getting a tooth pulled carries a risk of experiencing a dry socket, also known as alveolar osteitis.
—Maxine Lipner, Verywell Health, 19 Oct. 2024
Doctors diagnosed Anderson with stage 4 alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare soft tissue cancer, in 2018.
—Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 26 Sep. 2024
Inside our lungs, white blood cells called alveolar macrophages work to keep the airways clean by engulfing and digesting debris, including dust and dead cells.
—Carl Engelking, Discover Magazine, 10 Mar. 2015
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for alveolar
Adjective
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Our first stop was the showroom, a cavernous, sleek former warehouse filled with products from the Luce Di Carrara line (sculptural tables, modular marble bookshelves) as well as miniature models of sculptures by the likes of Henry Moore and Joan Miró.—
Meara Sharma,
The Dial,
22 July 2025
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The cavernous main compartment made packing straightforward, especially with the help of packing cubes, and its slim internal zippered pocket kept essentials like a phone, wallet, and headphones organized.—
Talia Ergas,
Travel + Leisure,
22 July 2025
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Made up of a series of hollow, interlocking keratin segments, the rattle is unique to the Crotalus genus; plenty of snakes shake their tails in warning, but only rattlesnakes rattle while doing so.—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
3 Aug. 2025
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And despite Duffy’s assurance that Artemis is a critical mission, the message runs hollow if word from the Oval Office doesn’t match.—
Matthew Beddingfield,
Scientific American,
2 Aug. 2025
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The shape of the droplets primarily demonstrate whispering-gallery mode light emission, where the light travels around a concave surface, bouncing along the inside surface.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
13 July 2025
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Alpine slides are similar but have a continuous, concave surface instead of a track.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
4 July 2025
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“Alveolar.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alveolar. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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