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
Meanwhile, two custom, high-performance, balanced armatures handle the high frequencies.
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Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for armatures
Noun
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Those atoms then could bind together, just as Democritus had theorized more than 2000 years before, into the molecules and larger structures that composed our macroscopic world.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
30 Sep. 2025
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Excavations from 2006 to 2009 have identified the remains of a Byzantine church dating to the fifth century, but farther below, rock-cut structures have been dated to the period when Mary lived there.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
30 Sep. 2025
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Rather than maintaining restrictions that pushed investors toward riskier alternatives, the FCA acknowledged that demand for crypto exposure wouldn't disappear and chose to channel it through proper regulatory frameworks.—
Boaz Sobrado,
Forbes.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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First, regularly remind students and teachers that anything schools try – literacy frameworks, teaching practices, new assessments – is a best guess.—
Justin Reich,
The Conversation,
3 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Legacy platforms carry decades of product architectures optimized for email, documents, and collaboration as separate entities.—
Jason Phillips,
USA Today,
24 Sep. 2025
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Skunk Works is investing the funds and manpower necessary to build and test survivable systems to meet customers’ evolving needs while broadening alignment with new tri-service architectures and global requirements as they are defined, according to a press release.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Ha-Ha-Halloween Song If your toddler is still a tad freaked out by all the skeletons and ghosts appearing around their neighborhood in the form of creepy decorations, and the prospect of dressing up just doesn’t sound appealing, CoComelon can help.—
Elisabeth Sherman,
Parents,
3 Oct. 2025
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Joyin 5-Piece Poseable Skeletons With moveable jaws and flexible joints, these 16-inch-tall skeletons provide countless display options.—
Mia Huelsbeck,
PEOPLE,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Armatures.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/armatures. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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