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US
/ˈdɛnt/
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[ UK /dˈɛnt/ ]
[ UK /dˈɛnt/ ]
VERB
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make a depression into
The bicycle dented my car
NOUN
- an impression in a surface (as made by a blow)
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an appreciable consequence (especially a lessening)
it made a dent in my bank account - a depression scratched or carved into a surface
How To Use dent In A Sentence
- If we have spent several class periods introducing conventions of reasoned evidence in argumentative writing, we usually look for such features in student papers.
- Leaked Reports Detail Iran's Aid for Iraqi Militias," blared the headline on afront page story inThe New York Times, which went on to report on several incidents recounted in WikiLeaks documents that journalist Michael Gordon called "the shadow war between the United States and Iraqi militias backed by Iran's Revolutionary Guards. Ali Gharib: What Did WikiLeaks Really Tell Us About Iran?
- The residents are mostly impoverished families who survive by collecting recyclable garbage.
- I had written quite a lot of orchestral music in my student days.
- About 40% of all students entering as freshmen graduate within 4 years.
- Chile's top constitutional court blocked a government bid to promote the free distribution of the morning-after pill to minors aged 14 and over, dealing a new setback to President Michelle Bachelet.
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- I first learned about cassowaries when I was at the School for Field Studies SFS Center for Rainforest Studies in Fall of 1990 as a college student, and was fascinated that they're the only bird that can "scarify" certain rainforest seeds. Archive 2008-07-01
- When the new student funding system was devised in 2010 the figure was just 28%. Times, Sunday Times
- China says it respects the legitimate status of President Mahmoud Abbas and the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) while calling on Palestinian forces to end conflicts.