alveolar

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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. 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 See All Example Sentences for alveolar
Recent Examples of Synonyms for alveolar
Adjective
  • The band sounds locked in, especially after the first few numbers, the songs crisp and sonorous in the cavernous space.
    Paula Mejía, Vulture, 5 July 2025
  • Inside the cabin, the RHO also boasts a giant console that is cavernous enough to hold a purse, a laptop, or a combination of snacks.
    Kristin Shaw, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
Adjective
  • So much corporate messaging sounds completely hollow.
    Renae Gregoire, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
  • Some who craft epigrammatic verse can sound hollow, like slamming together tins in hopes that someone will infer meaning from the noise.
    Nick Ripatrazone July 10, Literary Hub, 10 July 2025
Adjective
  • Alpine slides are similar but have a continuous, concave surface instead of a track.
    AFAR Media, AFAR Media, 4 July 2025
  • High atop a particularly craggy one, the rainfall gets a toehold beneath soil clinging to a very steep and slightly concave slope of rock.
    Jennifer Berry Hawes, ProPublica, 19 May 2025

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“Alveolar.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alveolar. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.

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