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as in hole
a sunken area forming a separate space
the dropped hammer left an indenture in the floor
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Recent Examples of indenture
In the mid–seventeenth century, fearful that the growing class of temporary and former servants might displace them, white property owners passed laws that phased out indentures for white people and established a system of chattel slavery (permanent and heritable) for Black people.
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Scott W. Stern, The New Republic, 26 June 2023
Instead, Said found a Russian to take over his indenture, Nicholas Vassilievich Trubetzkoy, a 22-year-old godson of Czar Nicholas, who taught him Russian.
—Martha Anne Toll, Washington Post, 30 Mar. 2023
Webster imagines her ancestor’s work as a milkmaid, the trial and her ultimate indenture on a plantation in Maryland where Molly met Bana’ka, the enslaved man who became the father of her children.
—Maud Newton, Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2023
Kaz has promised to buy her indenture and set her free.
—Town & Country, 18 Mar. 2023
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Scott W. Stern, The New Republic, 26 June 2023
Instead, Said found a Russian to take over his indenture, Nicholas Vassilievich Trubetzkoy, a 22-year-old godson of Czar Nicholas, who taught him Russian.
—Martha Anne Toll, Washington Post, 30 Mar. 2023
Webster imagines her ancestor’s work as a milkmaid, the trial and her ultimate indenture on a plantation in Maryland where Molly met Bana’ka, the enslaved man who became the father of her children.
—Maud Newton, Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2023
Kaz has promised to buy her indenture and set her free.
—Town & Country, 18 Mar. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for indenture
Noun
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Bolster burn barrel safety: If burning is permitted in your area, ensure that all burn barrels have a weighted metal cover, complete with holes no larger than 3/4 of an inch.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
26 Mar. 2025
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Paint the wall, put holes in the wall, hang up pictures.—
Bryce Jones,
Better Homes & Gardens,
25 Mar. 2025
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The purple hue is the result of the delamination of the phosphor-silicon layer in the streetlights' LED chips.—
Elizabeth Weise,
USA Today,
29 Mar. 2025
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Intel shares are down nearly 49% over the past year, driven by concerns about the company’s spending on new chip factories and its minuscule market share in chips for artificial intelligence.—
Kif Leswing,
CNBC,
28 Mar. 2025
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Surrounded by the red rock landscape the region is famous for, the property also has a pool, hot tub and community fire pits. Follow me on Twitter.—
Brittany Anas,
Forbes.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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Regan Smith gets only Cup win On May 7, 2011, Regan Smith — now a pit reporter for NASCAR on FOX — won the only race of his Cup Series career, defeating newly-inducted Hall of Famer Carl Edwards by 0.196 seconds in the Southern 500.—
Shane Connuck,
Charlotte Observer,
3 Apr. 2025
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The Honda sustained damage to its front passenger side, and the Outback had an indent to its front driver-side bumper.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
27 Mar. 2025
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Just a few years ago, ADL found that 30 antisemitic indents nationwide were tied to Kanye’s 2022 antisemitic rants.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
10 Feb. 2025
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Where there once were homes and gardens was now a wide furrow of dirt, as if a giant had swiped his foot across it.—
Eduardo Medina,
New York Times,
29 Dec. 2024
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Will be exciting to see if those Tractor Boys can plough a more productive furrow with a young Seagull flying with them.—
Ali Rampling,
The Athletic,
23 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Lighter scratches only touch the surface while moderate to deep scratches can usually be felt by sticking your fingernail in the slit to determine how deep the scratch really is.—
Ashlyn Needham,
Southern Living,
22 Feb. 2025
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The look featured a strapless black dress with a thigh-high slit.—
Julia Teti,
WWD,
13 Mar. 2025
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It is added to some dental products, such as toothpaste, to help prevent cavities.—
Mary Kekatos,
ABC News,
2 Apr. 2025
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And, a wealth of studies have found that water fluoridation was related to a significant (up to 30%) decrease in cavities among adults and children.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
28 Mar. 2025
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The imaging also revealed several non-literary details, including ink bleeding through from the opposite side of a page, the indentation left by a pen’s tip and simple sketches.—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
26 Mar. 2025
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The indentations, Hollowell told me at the press preview, were the nipples of six of her friends who agreed to be cast in the work.—
Tom Teicholz,
Forbes,
18 Mar. 2025
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“Indenture.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indenture. Accessed 8 Apr. 2025.
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