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Recent Examples of cupped
Another option is the Kiwanis Trail that threads its way through a shallow, cupped canyon.
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Roger Naylor, AZCentral.com, 21 Feb. 2026
Leaves can appear cupped or pinched when there is an insect infestation present.
—Molly Burford, Southern Living, 13 Feb. 2026
They’re finished with deep cupped footbeds and come in six colors.
—Jamie Allison Sanders, PEOPLE, 19 Oct. 2025
Unassuming in appearance, these flip flops actually pack in firm arch support as well as a memory foam core and cupped heel—all the elements of the stability needed, along with extra traction and grip but those slippery boat surfaces.
—Rachel Chang, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Oct. 2025
It was cut in eight slices, each with one flat piece of pepperoni and and one cupped piece.
—Fielding Buck, Oc Register, 21 Aug. 2025
Roger Naylor, AZCentral.com, 21 Feb. 2026
Leaves can appear cupped or pinched when there is an insect infestation present.
—Molly Burford, Southern Living, 13 Feb. 2026
They’re finished with deep cupped footbeds and come in six colors.
—Jamie Allison Sanders, PEOPLE, 19 Oct. 2025
Unassuming in appearance, these flip flops actually pack in firm arch support as well as a memory foam core and cupped heel—all the elements of the stability needed, along with extra traction and grip but those slippery boat surfaces.
—Rachel Chang, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Oct. 2025
It was cut in eight slices, each with one flat piece of pepperoni and and one cupped piece.
—Fielding Buck, Oc Register, 21 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cupped
Adjective
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Lightly wet just the concave side of the board and place it on a damp kitchen towel on your countertop.—
Lizzy Briskin,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
23 Jan. 2026
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The cello’s top and back are made from flat, concave carbon-fiber panels.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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But the social psychologists who catapulted to prominence in the early two-thousands were less interested in the richer concept of eudaemonia and more interested in a thinner, hollower, and vastly more individualistic enterprise of happiness, of simply feeling good.—
Becca Rothfeld,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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These nanoframes, which are nanoscale metal structures with hollow, frame-like geometries, are of significant interest because of their unique ability to concentrate and manipulate light at very small scales.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The spidery flowers feature golden yellow recurved petals and showy stamens.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
18 Nov. 2025
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Jordan competes in the recurved bow category, which has limbs at the top and bottom of the bow that curve away from the archer.—
Claire Osborn,
Austin American-Statesman,
29 July 2024
Adjective
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His suite in the World Trade Center is cavernous, with a view that sweeps from the Brooklyn Bridge to the Statue of Liberty.—
David D. Kirkpatrick,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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The cheers from that snowy day under the cavernous tent testified that an ownership culture can work wonders.—
Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
29 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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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
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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
Adjective
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Henrot positions it such that its indented form emphasizes the dark thicket of his pubic hair au naturel.—
Harmon Siegel,
Artforum,
1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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For more than half a century, the story of a giant squid attack on the survivors of a sunken troop ship during World War II has made the rounds.—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
3 Apr. 2026
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In February 2017 separate studies examining Earth’s geological and geophysical characteristics revealed evidence of ancient sunken continents in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
2 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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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
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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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“Cupped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cupped. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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