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plural of indent
as in chips
a V-shaped cut usually on an edge or a surface with the heel of his boot he made a sizable indent in the dirt as a temporary marker

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verb

present tense third-person singular of indent

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Noun
  • Qualcomm calls the new chips AI200 and AI250, and they’re intended for generative AI inference in data centers.
    Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2025
  • The guest list for the event includes senior American politicians and Silicon Valley glitterati, and comes as US officials mull whether to allow Nvidia to sell its cutting-edge Blackwell chips to China.
    Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 28 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Flour the tines of a fork; lightly press it into edge of the dough to create indentations.
    Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 25 Oct. 2025
  • The bullet casing had the same tool markings – unique individual indentations that guns produce on casings once they have been expended – to a gun used in an unsolved murder in Kentucky in 1998.
    Jean Casarez, CNN Money, 5 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Six strong permanent magnets attach the X50’s sole dust filter to its bottom panel, and grooves at the base of its feet lock one edge into place.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 17 Oct. 2025
  • But on this Royal Oak afternoon teeming with adventurous jazz grooves, Was is happily nestled in his roots.
    Brian McCollum, Freep.com, 9 Oct. 2025
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“Indents.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indents. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.

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