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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The sweeping structures bear a striking resemblance to the sensory organs sported by members of the insect world, which eventually granted them the nickname of the Antennae Galaxies.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
28 Mar. 2026
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The conflagration turned more than 14,021 acres to ash, killed 19 people, destroyed 9,414 structures, and badly burned another 1,074.—
Pat Maio,
Daily News,
28 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Flexible loads, intelligent storage, and advanced demand coordination should be treated as capacity resources in grid planning, with regulatory frameworks updated accordingly.—
Brian Barlow,
Fortune,
28 Mar. 2026
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Supporters say introductory courses had become too focused on contemporary social-justice frameworks and that the new standards restore an emphasis on classical thinkers, empirical methods and a broader range of perspectives.—
Garrett Shanley,
Miami Herald,
26 Mar. 2026
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What looked like a narrow corridor of cosmic architectures now opens into an embarrassment of possibilities.—
Paul M. Sutter,
Scientific American,
27 Mar. 2026
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Organizations may experiment constantly, yet their architectures of experimentation increasingly resemble one another.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
20 Mar. 2026
Noun
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No complete skeletons were recovered, only about 38,000 bone fragments.—
Débora Rey,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Mar. 2026
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No complete skeletons were recovered, only about 38,000 bone fragments.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
22 Mar. 2026
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“Armatures.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/armatures. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.
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