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Six example sentences with occlude, each labelled with its topic.
Plaque can occlude the artery until the muscle beyond it gets almost no blood during exercise.
Medicine
A thumb across the corner will occlude the rangefinder window, and the frame comes back sharp everywhere except where you focused.
Photography
Silt from the new road began to occlude the culvert, and the pond behind it rose two feet in a week.
Environment
Later owners chose to occlude the north doorway with brick, and its outline still shows through the plaster.
Architecture
Dust can occlude the vents of a laptop until the fan spins at full speed and the processor still runs hot.
Technology
Fine grounds that slip past the filter occlude the espresso machine's nozzle, so rinse it after every shot.
Cooking
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