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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
Jose Fabian,
CBS News,
27 June 2026
Broken bones are par for the course on Jackass.
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Sezin Devi Koehler,
Entertainment Weekly,
26 June 2026
Kim Sunée,
Anchorage Daily News,
28 Oct. 2021
It’s the champion of the all-around: agile enough to make delicate work of veggies and sturdy enough to bone a chicken.
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Amiel Stanek,
Bon Appétit,
10 Nov. 2020
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Noun
The skulls of 21 dogs, hundreds of bones and six loose microchips were also found near the dig sites.
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Jose Fabian,
CBS News,
27 June 2026
Broken bones are par for the course on Jackass.
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Sezin Devi Koehler,
Entertainment Weekly,
26 June 2026
Verb
As to roasting, Don likes to bone out the chicken or spatchcock it by removing the backbone, before seasoning and rubbing with olive oil and roasting in the oven at 300 degrees for up to three hours.
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Kim Sunée,
Anchorage Daily News,
28 Oct. 2021
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bone
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At one point, Jessie befriends a gang of tech toys that includes a low-tech potty-training product named Smarty Pants, along with GPS and camera devices Atlas and Snappy.
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The suspects arrested allegedly planned to target senior government officials with small, armed drones; no devices were launched.
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The sustainability industry definitely still has its die hards, mostly consisting of environmental activists.
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The mayor said the Knicks' miraculous comeback in Game 4 typified New York's never-say-die spirit.
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Others develop dangerous fluctuations in blood pressure and abnormal heart rhythms because the autonomic nervous system becomes affected.
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Let heart guide tone, and your message lands.
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Most winners aren't used to handling millions of dollars, let alone the crush of publicity that comes with a Powerball jackpot.
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The total dollar amount that a senior public official can receive from any one source over the annual reporting period ranged from $520 to $630 during Carvalho’s years in office.
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The family project is interrupted by the appearance of a corpse – that of an annoying neighbor (played by John Carroll Lynch) with a habit of buzzing his woodchipper in the middle of the family’s filmmaking efforts.
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One concern of mine was corpses.
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Hodad’s is a third-generation small business, a San Diego treasure that makes a damn good burger.
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Williams is too young to be this damn good.
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The vast majority that day was dressed in Ecuador’s canary yellow.
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Pair them with a blouse and heels for a meeting or dress them down with sneakers and a sweatshirt for the weekend.
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Burdette, leveraging his brother’s connections with college athletes, and his natural inclination to bring the party, had recruited agents who were younger and more fun than Pughsley’s original crowd.
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Choosing a college major has always felt like a big life decision, influenced by not only personal inclinations and talents, but also by starting salaries—new engineering and computer science grads earn more than those with English degrees.
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“Bone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bone. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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