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
Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025
Fuhrich wasn’t the only hero of the caves, historian Johannes Mattes explains.
—Danny Robb, JSTOR Daily, 12 Sep. 2025
Evacuating a building before the roof caves in is always a good idea.
—Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 11 Sep. 2025
Using the Keep as their home base, the players venture into those caves to defeat the monsters, collect treasure and gain experience.
—Rob Wieland, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Chameleons live in warmer environments on trees or bushes, while salamanders thrive in moist habitats, including leaf litter and caves.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 2025
Apostle Islands National Lakeshore in Wisconsin has sea caves to explore on kayaks.
—Jeffrey C. Hallo, The Conversation, 4 Sep. 2025
The landscape includes deciduous forests as well as lakes, coves, waterfalls, and caves.
—Caroline Rogers, Southern Living, 30 Aug. 2025
Rather than taking the newcomers in, Friedrich leads them to some distant caves and trusts that the miseries of island life—extreme heat, torrential rains, pesky insects, vicious dogs—will soon send them packing.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2025
Verb
The region in New South Wales is renowned for its rivers, peaks, glacial lakes and caves.
—Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025
Fuhrich wasn’t the only hero of the caves, historian Johannes Mattes explains.
—Danny Robb, JSTOR Daily, 12 Sep. 2025
Evacuating a building before the roof caves in is always a good idea.
—Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 11 Sep. 2025
Using the Keep as their home base, the players venture into those caves to defeat the monsters, collect treasure and gain experience.
—Rob Wieland, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Chameleons live in warmer environments on trees or bushes, while salamanders thrive in moist habitats, including leaf litter and caves.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 2025
Apostle Islands National Lakeshore in Wisconsin has sea caves to explore on kayaks.
—Jeffrey C. Hallo, The Conversation, 4 Sep. 2025
The landscape includes deciduous forests as well as lakes, coves, waterfalls, and caves.
—Caroline Rogers, Southern Living, 30 Aug. 2025
Rather than taking the newcomers in, Friedrich leads them to some distant caves and trusts that the miseries of island life—extreme heat, torrential rains, pesky insects, vicious dogs—will soon send them packing.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for caves
Noun
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Riley Moss was the sociable hermit in the caverns of Iowa’s practice facility.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
12 Sep. 2025
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Vanuatu’s dive options range from coral reef and dramatic caverns to legendary World War II ship and plane wrecks like Million Dollar Point and the SS President Coolidge, a troopship sunk by mines in 1942 that can be explored with Aore Adventures in Espiritu Santo.—
Terry Ward,
AFAR Media,
11 Sep. 2025
Verb
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As for goalkeepers, Luis Llopis — the goalkeeping coach who previously worked with Zinedine Zidane and was brought back when Carlo Ancelotti returned in 2021 — regularly submits reports on options, but none of them have been given serious consideration due to the squad’s situation.—
Mario Cortegana,
New York Times,
10 Sep. 2025
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In 2025, the average candidate submits 42 applications just to get one interview, and only about 3% of applicants make it to that stage.—
Jill Schulman,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The system yields superior thermoelectric performance and higher average ZT values than previously reported p-type AgCuTe materials.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
19 Sep. 2025
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For a retiree with $1 million saved, the traditional 4 percent rule yields $40,000 annually.—
Aliss Higham,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
Noun
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To keep things fresh, producers have ventured into hitherto uncharted baking grottoes.—
Ruby Tandoh,
New Yorker,
25 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Pythons are constrictors, known to grip prey in their jaws, coil around it, then squeeze until the victim capitulates.—
Mark Price,
Miami Herald,
11 Aug. 2025
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“Caves.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caves. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.
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