Example Sentences
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Encord replicated a real data center server rack, where an operator inserts blue cables into penny-sized sockets all day.
From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2026
The hutia's teeth had once been held in small sockets in the jaw, known as alveoli.
From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026
The single set of temporal fascia—indentations behind the eye sockets that are doubled on a reptile—is one means of scientific definition.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 10, 2026
“These sockets saw, and these jaws spoke and swallowed. This is a monument to them. A temple.”
From Salon • Jan. 23, 2026
After carrying countless kettlefuls to the green beans that morning, my arms felt as if they would fall right out of my shoulder sockets.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
