indentation
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When the cell's receptors detect that the virus has attached, the membrane begins forming a small indentation at that spot.
From Science Daily • Dec. 4, 2025
He finishes with special tools that carve out the metal and leave an indentation.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 9, 2025
For air-fried burgers, flatten your patties as much as possible and press an indentation in the center to prevent them from puffing up.
From Salon • Mar. 8, 2025
But as more and more photos of the rodent’s presumably accidental life-cast circulated, the sidewalk indentation became a unifying attraction and something of a playful pilgrimage site.
From Slate • Feb. 11, 2024
He pointed at an indentation in the ground with no marker beside it.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
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