as in caverns
a naturally formed underground chamber with an opening to the surface
Kentucky's Mammoth Cave is actually a series of large chambers on five levels
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Recent Examples of caves
Josh Laskin,
Travel + Leisure,
3 July 2026
The researchers successfully recovered ancient human DNA in samples taken from five of the 11 caves.
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Tom Metcalfe,
Scientific American,
2 July 2026
However, to date no significant human remains have been found in any of the caves that have been discovered from this period.
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Jack Guy,
CNN Money,
29 June 2026
At Eberle Winery in Paso Robles, leashed dogs are welcome on the grounds, inside the tasting room and on tours of the underground caves.
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David Hochman,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2026
Excavations at Rising Star have sparked debate about whether these little hominins had all ended up in the caves by tragic accident, or whether they’d been carefully placed there by other members of their enigmatic species, dubbed Homo naledi.
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ArsTechnica,
25 June 2026
On the one hand, caves are humanity’s oldest architecture.
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Nicole Kliest,
Vogue,
23 June 2026
The lice live in dry caves and feed predominantly on bat guano.
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Elizabeth Kolbert,
New Yorker,
22 June 2026
The rugged terrain of the Appalachian Mountains creates cool, wet forests, shaded hollows, caves, ponds and streams.
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Torben Rick,
The Conversation,
18 June 2026
Noun
The Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument contains caves that have been used as shelters by nomadic peoples for thousands of years.
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Josh Laskin,
Travel + Leisure,
3 July 2026
The researchers successfully recovered ancient human DNA in samples taken from five of the 11 caves.
—
Tom Metcalfe,
Scientific American,
2 July 2026
However, to date no significant human remains have been found in any of the caves that have been discovered from this period.
—
Jack Guy,
CNN Money,
29 June 2026
At Eberle Winery in Paso Robles, leashed dogs are welcome on the grounds, inside the tasting room and on tours of the underground caves.
—
David Hochman,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2026
Excavations at Rising Star have sparked debate about whether these little hominins had all ended up in the caves by tragic accident, or whether they’d been carefully placed there by other members of their enigmatic species, dubbed Homo naledi.
—
ArsTechnica,
25 June 2026
On the one hand, caves are humanity’s oldest architecture.
—
Nicole Kliest,
Vogue,
23 June 2026
The lice live in dry caves and feed predominantly on bat guano.
—
Elizabeth Kolbert,
New Yorker,
22 June 2026
The rugged terrain of the Appalachian Mountains creates cool, wet forests, shaded hollows, caves, ponds and streams.
—
Torben Rick,
The Conversation,
18 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for caves
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Dragonstone is the windswept ancestral seat of House Targaryen, but the Black Queen did not grow up playing among its dusky caverns.
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While the lake is said to have been discovered in 1905 by a 13-year-old boy named Ben Sands, the surrounding caverns were used by the Cherokee long ago—20,000-year-old jaguar tracks have also been found there.
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Schools have 15 days to respond once a parent submits a letter requesting their child be tested for dyslexia.
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Michaels adamantly submits that the answer is not submission in silence but a strong determination to fight for a party that once stood for America’s vision of liberty and justice for all, regardless of race or religion.
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Boats depart from here for island tours, including to the famous Blue Grotto and other smaller grottoes and coves.
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For Reykjavik native Gulla Jónsdóttir, the Aurora Borealis phenomena, molten-red erupting volcanoes, black sand shores and hot water grottoes were part of everyday life growing up.
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An average summer typically yields between one to three of these such warnings.
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Every roadway incident yields distinct outcomes based on liability and insurance limits.
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After Jamie Gittens overruns the ball, Jorrel Hato picks up the pieces and reworks the move out wide to Cole Palmer.
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Pythons are constrictors, known to grip prey in their jaws, coil around it, then squeeze until the victim capitulates.
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“Caves.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caves. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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