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armatures

noun

plural of armature

as in structures

the arrangement of parts that gives something its basic form the rigid armature of a highly stratified society

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Recent Examples of armatures Built around a 10mm dynamic driver and dual custom balanced armatures, Vanguarg is designed to deliver a precise listening experience with control, clarity and balance. — Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026

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Almost 50 homes and other structures have been destroyed so far; there have been several injuries, and one of Tibbetts’s neighbors lost 20 German shepherds.

— Anya Kamenetz, Curbed, 28 Aug. 2026
These proposals, many times rooted in sympathy and love, were presented as alternatives to the political structures and market logic that had so often led to war, exploitation, hopelessness, and suffering.

— Sebastian Smee, The Atlantic, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of structures

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Although many top‑level policy frameworks read promisingly, structural frictions create risk that reforms won’t deliver limited real‑world impact, Tang said.

— Russell Flannery, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
Regulatory frameworks need to be built, and so do the supply chains and manufacturing systems.

— Jordan Blum, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of frameworks

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The companies said that using modular hardware and open architectures helped reduce integration barriers and allowed the two systems to be combined more quickly.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2026
These algorithms rely on geometric complexities that are equally intractable for both classical and quantum architectures.

— Adi Karisik, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of architectures

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In these skeletons, Cole and her colleagues looked at the strontium-to-calcium ratio and at different isotopes of oxygen because both track temperature.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 31 Aug. 2026
The bones were not in good condition; there were no fully articulated skeletons.

— Jennifer Janofsky, The Conversation, 28 Aug. 2026

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