pore

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Recent Examples of pore That’s why rosacea treatments focus on calming inflammation rather than just clearing pores. Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 12 June 2025 Thicker formulas can clog pores when combined with hot or humid weather and sweat. Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 14 June 2025 This Bubble sunscreen is gentle on sensitive and acne-prone skin and won’t clog pores. Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 12 June 2025 Products labeled as non-comedogenic are less likely to clog the skin's pores. Laura Schober, Health, 2 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for pore
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Noun
  • Location of lymph nodes: Lymphoma is in lymph nodes both above and below the diaphragm (the muscle that divides the chest cavity and the abdominal cavity).
    Marla Anderson, Verywell Health, 2 July 2025
  • Jayden had visible cavities on his front teeth – dark spots that had become the target of teasing and bullying by classmates.
    Olga Ensz, The Conversation, 30 June 2025
Noun
  • These white jeans that come in a classic straight-leg style and have a breezy side slit.
    Nicol Natale, People.com, 11 July 2025
  • When approaching a sea turtle egg, the ghost crab will snip a distinctive slit into eggshells.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 10 July 2025
Noun
  • One spring, or manantial, is fed by groundwater that flows from a small orifice in the rock to create the larger pool.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 11 July 2025
  • This fleshy conglomerate feels vaguely seductive despite having only navels for orifices, only knee-like lumps for appendages.
    Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 27 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Up close, with its apertures open, the T.50 looks both fabulously exotic and a masterpiece of packaging, somehow squeezing three people, 10.2 cubic feet of luggage space, and a V-12 engine into a footprint similar to a Porsche Boxster.
    Tim Pitt, Robb Report, 9 July 2025
  • That’ll have a much wider aperture than a high-magnification eyepiece.
    Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 6 July 2025
Noun
  • The interspace is enchanted mainly in its normalcy.
    Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 17 June 2024
  • These songs mess with interspace.
    Sheldon Pearce, The New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2021
Noun
  • For ring lovers, stash your statement pieces on a ring holder or in slots.
    Jamie Fischer, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 July 2025
  • Allow me a few disclaimers while the Padres (52-44) head into the All-Star break in the National League’s third wild-card slot — half a game ahead of the Giants — following Sunday’s 2-1 loss to the Phillies.
    Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 July 2025
Noun
  • Revealing the pair hadn’t seen each other since the time of their split, Justin pulled Susie for a conversation.
    Liza Esquibias, People.com, 15 July 2025
  • Following their split, the comedian would welcome 10 more kids with five other women.
    Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 15 July 2025
Noun
  • With four different brush heads this tool can tackle grout, tile and all of the dirty crevices in your bathroom.
    Clara McMahon, People.com, 9 July 2025
  • Slither Release date: March 31, 2006 Cast: Nathan Fillion, Elizabeth Banks, Michael Rooker Another weird and wacky tale from the front-end of Gunn's career, Slither is the tale of a small town turned alien parasite hive that seeps into every corner and crevice of the once-peaceful place.
    Grace Dean, Space.com, 3 July 2025

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“Pore.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pore. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.

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