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
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Managing subscription bundles across dozens of countries — each with different telecom partners, regulatory requirements, and pricing structures — used to require dedicated operations teams for each region.—
Kolawole Samuel Adebayo,
Forbes.com,
25 Jan. 2026
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While other episodic galaxies are expected to have similar structures, J1007+3540’s are especially clear.—
K. R. Callaway,
Scientific American,
24 Jan. 2026
Noun
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At the core of this approach is a carbon shell derived from covalent organic frameworks (COFs).—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Jan. 2026
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But ExxonMobil Chairman and CEO Darren Woods said there would need to be significant changes in the country’s legal and commercial frameworks in order to produce oil there.—
Ray Lewis,
Baltimore Sun,
12 Jan. 2026
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Define repeatable reference architectures for your small data centers.—
Chhandomay Mandal,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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The company says this differs from conventional AI architectures, which typically rely on direct access to raw or lightly processed data.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
22 Jan. 2026
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The first floor also includes the Oakton Reading Room, several focus rooms, a huddle room for collaboration and tables featuring models of skeletons and more for the college’s extensive health curriculum, as well as staff offices and college archives.—
Elizabeth Owens-Schiele,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Jan. 2026
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The next Beckham documentary will have a lot more skeletons to contend with.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
20 Jan. 2026
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“Armatures.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/armatures. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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