doughnut hole
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The resulting higher prices mean Medicare beneficiaries burn through their initial coverage period faster and enter a coverage gap, or "doughnut hole," sooner.
From Salon ● Nov. 20, 2021
When it was broken down into its individual components, it was clear that Americans favored every one: Closing the Medicare drug benefit doughnut hole: 81% in favor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2021
And the laws of electrodynamics state that to push the plasma around, physicists need another rapidly changing magnetic field, which is generated by a coil in the doughnut hole.
From Science Magazine ● Feb. 6, 2020
The original is more like an oversize doughnut hole, a shade smaller than a baseball, filled with red bean paste and dusted with sugar.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 1, 2019
He pelted a doughnut hole at the bird.
From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
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