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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
Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 20 June 2026
Chazan and his team also found ashy white bones that appeared to have been exposed to high heat, as well as what looked like charred black and brown bones.
—Sahas Mehra, Scientific American, 19 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.
—Amiel Stanek, Bon Appétit, 10 Nov. 2020
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Noun
Among the discoveries are bronze statue fragments, signet rings, a necklace with a gold clasp, coins, and hundreds of bone hairpins used in elaborate Roman hairstyles.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 20 June 2026
Chazan and his team also found ashy white bones that appeared to have been exposed to high heat, as well as what looked like charred black and brown bones.
—Sahas Mehra, Scientific American, 19 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.
—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
Noun
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The Big Think website has been optimized to work with all major browsers and devices.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
18 June 2026
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Numerous guests were reportedly secured in harnesses and fall protection and then transitioned onto aerial devices.—
Colson Thayer,
PEOPLE,
18 June 2026
Noun
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The sustainability industry definitely still has its die hards, mostly consisting of environmental activists.—
Jon McGowan,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
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The mayor said the Knicks' miraculous comeback in Game 4 typified New York's never-say-die spirit.—
Matt Nighswander,
NBC news,
18 June 2026
Noun
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After the road trip, Washington, then 73, stepped aside from his managerial duties indefinitely before undergoing quadruple bypass heart surgery.—
Stephen J. Nesbitt,
New York Times,
16 June 2026
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The findings, the latest in a growing body of research about the vaccine’s benefits for heart health, suggest such benefits observed in earlier studies have persisted for years.—
Daniel Wu,
Washington Post,
16 June 2026
Noun
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In congressional races across the country, a new crop of super PACs is taking to the air with millions of dollars worth of advertisements to sway voters.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
21 June 2026
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In addition to the president’s resignation, unions are demanding wage increases and an end to fuel and dollar shortages.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
20 June 2026
Noun
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Mexican authorities are investigating how a corpse ended up outside a stadium in the border city of Tijuana, where Iran's national team has been training for its upcoming World Cup match against New Zealand.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
14 June 2026
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He was also convicted of second-degree assault, abuse of a corpse, falsifying physical evidence and witness tampering.—
Thao Nguyen,
USA Today,
12 June 2026
Adverb
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The perps are leading and so far those that have been listed before IPOs have done a pretty damn good job.—
Oliver Renick,
CNBC,
15 June 2026
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If Jenna didn't look so damn nice, then our age gap is not that much.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 June 2026
Verb
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At a game watch party in Mariachi Plaza in Boyle Heights, one of Los Angeles’ most historic and prominent Mexican American communities, the crowd was nearly entirely dressed in Mexico’s forest green.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2026
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But one witness, wounded in the shooting, told police that the groups including Payton, Turner, Harris, the Martins and Joshua Hoye-Lucchessi, who was also killed in the shooting, weren’t dressed for the clubs, but for trouble, in hooded sweatshirts.—
Darrell Smith,
Sacbee.com,
19 June 2026
Noun
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The 11 satellites on board are flying to a mid-inclination orbit.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
17 June 2026
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That was a statement signaling that even if the committee made no changes to interest rates, its inclination in the future would be to cut, rather than hike.—
Rachel Barber,
USA Today,
17 June 2026
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“Bone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bone. Accessed 22 Jun. 2026.
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