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as in devices
a habitual attraction to some activity or thing
he hasn't a competitive bone in his body
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as in heart
usually bones plural
the seat of one's deepest thoughts and emotions
I could feel in my bones that I had just met my future wife
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as in damn
to a great degree
grew up in a backwoods area that was bone poor
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as in to dress
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Recent Examples of bone
Sam Cochran, Architectural Digest, 22 May 2026
Mushrooms, when grown under ultraviolet (UV) light, can be a good source of vitamin D, which is essential to your ability to use calcium to build strong bones.
—Nancy Lebrun, Verywell Health, 22 May 2026
Amiel Stanek, Bon Appétit, 10 Nov. 2020
But for the rest of the carcass, here in Louisiana, people like to bone it out and grind it.
—Will Coviello, NOLA.com, 18 Sep. 2020
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Noun
The interiors, updated by a past owner, didn’t gel with her own taste, but the original bones still wowed, especially the dynamic rooflines, internal masonry walls, and chunky marble accents like lintels and sills.
—Sam Cochran, Architectural Digest, 22 May 2026
Mushrooms, when grown under ultraviolet (UV) light, can be a good source of vitamin D, which is essential to your ability to use calcium to build strong bones.
—Nancy Lebrun, Verywell Health, 22 May 2026
Verb
It’s the champion of the all-around: agile enough to make delicate work of veggies and sturdy enough to bone a chicken.
—Amiel Stanek, Bon Appétit, 10 Nov. 2020
But for the rest of the carcass, here in Louisiana, people like to bone it out and grind it.
—Will Coviello, NOLA.com, 18 Sep. 2020
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bone
Noun
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Looking for more travel-friendly tech devices for your journey?—
Aly Walansky,
Travel + Leisure,
29 May 2026
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Nearby homes were evacuated during the investigation, and the bomb squad hauled out boxes of what were described as consumer-grade pyrotechnic devices, enough to fill more than three box trucks, according to investigators at the scene.—
City News Service,
Daily News,
28 May 2026
Noun
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Denser transistor packing can reduce die area but may concentrate heat flux, complicating cooling in existing rack infrastructure.—
Aditya Jadhav,
Interesting Engineering,
22 May 2026
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Six massive 6,000-ton die-casting machines dot Honda’s Anna, Ohio, plant, for instance.—
Kristin Shaw,
ArsTechnica,
20 May 2026
Noun
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My heart breaks for the families of these young people.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
26 May 2026
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Cranberries are known to fight bacteria and protect against urinary tract infections (UTIs), while blueberries are rich in antioxidants and support overall brain and heart health.—
Julie Marks,
Verywell Health,
25 May 2026
Noun
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Radiant Industries is building a mass-production factory for portable microreactors in Oak Ridge as well, drawn by Tennessee’s skilled nuclear workforce and a state fund that has already disbursed tens of millions of dollars toward advanced nuclear development.—
Iulia Lupse,
Sun Sentinel,
24 May 2026
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As Major League Baseball’s Rays make their latest fitful pursuit to build a new Tampa Bay home, an Orlando group is feverishly working to develop a fanbase, win political support, and perhaps gain a chunk of tourism dollars for a ballpark in the event opportunity comes its way.—
Ryan Gillespie,
The Orlando Sentinel,
24 May 2026
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The two of them had been convicted of murdering their master, John Clapham, whose headless corpse was found floating in the river.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 May 2026
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Tragically, the trade-off was for nothing—when the coffin is finally uncovered, the two women discover Nate’s bloated corpse, bitten by a rattlesnake.—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes.com,
25 May 2026
Adverb
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Specifically, at Laurel, the distance from the gate to the first turn is a bit over 700 feet, which is to say, not just short, but damn short for a field of fourteen.—
Guy Martin,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2026
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The Nobel-prize-winning novelist Thomas Mann (Hanns Zischler) and his daughter Erika (Sandra Hüller) go on an unsentimental journey in 1949 through West and East Germany in Pawel Pawlikowski’s damn-near perfect period piece Fatherland.—
Leslie Felperin,
HollywoodReporter,
14 May 2026
Verb
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Best Amazon Outlet Dress Deals There’s something about summer that makes getting dressed feel dramatically easier once dresses enter the picture.—
Aashna Gheewalla,
PEOPLE,
29 May 2026
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Customers can order chili or sauerkraut toppings at the window and dress their dogs with relish – green or red pepper – and yellow mustard, stored in containers on a counter inside.—
Emily M. Olson,
Hartford Courant,
28 May 2026
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Born to a humble family in the twilight years of the shogunate, Higuchi Natsuko (as she was born) was the fourth child and second daughter of a man with scholarly inclinations, who as a farmer had come to the capital to seek both fortune and rank.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 May 2026
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As organizations grow, leaders have an inclination to create more bureaucracy and more complexity.—
Bob Rhatigan,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2026
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“Bone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bone. Accessed 29 May. 2026.
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