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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hollowness
Noun
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This was Brontë country—a landscape of bleak moors, steep valleys, and small towns nestled in the hollows.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
14 Apr. 2025 -
Previously, geophysicists had argued that these transitions represent the difference between volcanic materials above and ejecta from impacts buried below, and a change from porous rock (i.e. filled with cracks and hollows) to solid rock at 12 miles (20 kilometers) deep.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
17 Mar. 2025
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Now, new research has found another potential health risk linked to these sugary drinks—oral cavity cancer.—
Brian Mastroianni,
Health,
16 Apr. 2025
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Meanwhile, public health authorities, including the American Dental Association, support fluoride being put in drinking water to prevent cavities.—
Neal Earley,
Arkansas Online,
16 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Ukraine has repeatedly appealed to its allies for air defense systems and missiles, including the U.S.-made Patriot systems.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Apr. 2025
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Dump it directly in a trash can to help prevent excess allergens from filling the air.—
Terri Williams,
Architectural Digest,
18 Apr. 2025
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The return from Chicago of Sammie’s gangster twin cousins, Smoke and Stack (both played by Michael B. Jordan), and their plan to open a juke joint force the tensions between father and son into the open, with both mortal and supernatural consequences.—
Jelani Cobb,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2025
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The Falcons said that Jax Ulbrich had written the phone number down off of an iPad that had been left out in the open at his parents' house.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
27 Apr. 2025
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“Hollowness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hollowness. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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