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as in holes
a sunken area forming a separate space
there was a big dent in the car's hood where something had hit it
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as in reductions
the amount by which something is lessened
a little belt-tightening would at least make a small dent in our credit-card debt
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as in reduces
to make smaller in amount, volume, or extent
hopefully this vacation won't dent our bank account too much
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Recent Examples of dents
Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 15 Sep. 2025
Fill in any deeper scratches or dents with a wax wood repair kit to match.
—Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 5 Sep. 2025
Speculation has also risen over whether the couple posed for the pictures after their record-breaking appearance together on Kelce's own podcast, New Heights, due to the dents in Swift's hear resembling the kind that headphones can create.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
Deep dents often have sharp points.
—David J. Neal
updated August 22, Miami Herald, 22 Aug. 2025
Additional images from the scene showed the damage to the bus, which included dents along the top and sides, broken doors and several missing parts.
—Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 16 Aug. 2025
Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025
For example, if a falling tree branch breaks your windshield or hail dents your car, comprehensive coverage can pay for repairs.
—Brandi D. Addison, jsonline.com, 11 Aug. 2025
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Amazon reviewers love how the mug resists dents even after countless drops.
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Whether this latest controversy dents MrBeast's online empire or prompts wider scrutiny of influencer accountability remains to be seen.
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That’s the priority, and the Red Wings have too many holes.—
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No injuries were reported, but bullet holes were found in the station’s windows.—
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Owen noted other cities that have implemented microchip requirements have seen an improvement in return-to-owner rates, reductions in shelter intake and a drop in euthanasia rates.—
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Namely, that’s through drastic reductions to SNAP food assistance benefits, which are used at more than double the rate in the 37208 ZIP code compared to the city’s usage overall.—
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One day while driving, my vision began to shrink, like the end of a movie when the camera reduces to a pinhole.—
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This reduces the energy required for the zinc ions to shed their surrounding solvent shell and deposit onto the electrode.—
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September brings major price drops on warm-weather essentials worth grabbing for now and next year, including chaise lounges, fire pits, and full furniture sets for entertaining.—
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There’s a pool and spa, a tennis court, a bocce ball court, and multiple fire pits.—
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Too Early As temperatures drop and daylight decreases, grass slows its above-ground growth (the roots continue to grow vigorously in the lingering warm soil).—
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Phia also reported 500,000 people now use its app and browser extension, which launched in April, to calculate items' resale value, condense product details and track price decreases for billions of fashion pieces, including millions of secondhand items.—
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Don a jacket like this fall-friendly Levi's one with a lot of deep, big pockets and store toiletries and even small cameras in the various cavities.—
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As such, the power that drives these craters, according to the scientists, most likely comes from much larger underground cavities or deeper accumulations of methane pushing upward from beneath the permafrost.—
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There are circumstances under which the FIA’s regulations require unserved time penalties to be converted into grid drops for the next race.—
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Trust is gained in drops and lost in buckets, and Adams has emptied the bucket.—
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Comfort definitely improved, but performance didn’t always keep pace — there were times when traction suffered, leading to more slipping and, in my opinion, the softer spikes could leave deeper indentations on greens that sometimes-affected putting.—
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Mabel is able to shade in the adjacent page to read the pencil indentations, which at first seems to be just more notes on birds.—
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“Dents.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dents. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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