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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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Recent Examples of bones
Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2026
Now, Beaudet and her colleagues have digitally rearranged the facial bones to their rightful places, providing a clearer look at Little Foot’s face — and hinting at features that may be shared across the human family tree.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 7 Mar. 2026
That month, the rest of Esther’s body was recovered when hikers found her remains in a reed bed in Gandía, Alicante, with her bones hidden amongst undergrowth.
—Samantha Bergeson, Time, 6 Mar. 2026
Weeks later, the congresswoman could still the fractured bones in his forearm poking up under the skin.
—ABC News, 6 Mar. 2026
Nine bones carrying the full weight of a species description.
—Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 6 Mar. 2026
For those who want the history, the 13 unique suites are tucked into the original building, the 1908 depot’s bones.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Mar. 2026
And so the buffalo were butchered and sold for their tongues and hides, and their bones were ground and used for fine china.
—Christine Peterson, Outdoor Life, 5 Mar. 2026
The colonizer’s poetry has no bones next to the lyric of ours.
—Literary Hub, 5 Mar. 2026
Noun
The injury involves damage to the ligaments or bones in the middle of the foot.
—Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2026
Now, Beaudet and her colleagues have digitally rearranged the facial bones to their rightful places, providing a clearer look at Little Foot’s face — and hinting at features that may be shared across the human family tree.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 7 Mar. 2026
That month, the rest of Esther’s body was recovered when hikers found her remains in a reed bed in Gandía, Alicante, with her bones hidden amongst undergrowth.
—Samantha Bergeson, Time, 6 Mar. 2026
Weeks later, the congresswoman could still the fractured bones in his forearm poking up under the skin.
—ABC News, 6 Mar. 2026
Nine bones carrying the full weight of a species description.
—Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 6 Mar. 2026
For those who want the history, the 13 unique suites are tucked into the original building, the 1908 depot’s bones.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Mar. 2026
And so the buffalo were butchered and sold for their tongues and hides, and their bones were ground and used for fine china.
—Christine Peterson, Outdoor Life, 5 Mar. 2026
The colonizer’s poetry has no bones next to the lyric of ours.
—Literary Hub, 5 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bones
Noun
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They are built by stacking multiple memory dies, each thinner than a human hair, with microscopic precision.—
Ian King,
Bloomberg,
8 Mar. 2026
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For the period between July 1, 2023, and June 30, 2024, Dell Children's performed 12 transplants and had one patient die.—
Nicole Villalpando,
Austin American Statesman,
5 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Her great, big burlesque performance is a striptease that, layer by layer, reveals her narcissism, her naïveté and her broken heart.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Mar. 2026
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Degarmo says the pig has been feeling depressed since she’s been without his family for many months, noting that pigs could die of a broken heart.—
Julianna Lozada,
Daily News,
9 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Prosecutors dropped seven other charges in a plea deal, including two counts of hiding a corpse and theft.—
Todd Richmond,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Mar. 2026
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Models were also asked to pose as corpses in crime scenes, to personify eating disorders and addictions that models might have.—
Sophie Gilbert,
The Atlantic,
6 Mar. 2026
Verb
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And if the Supreme Court makes an early enough ruling that guts the Voting Rights Act, that could allow a slew of Southern states to redraw their maps before 2026 as well.—
Caroline Vakil,
The Hill,
3 Dec. 2025
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The government’s lawyers argued the ruling effectively guts a statute aimed at reducing gun violence by preventing unlawful drug users from wielding firearms.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
20 Oct. 2025
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The same nuclear reactors that are in the belly of every nuclear sub in our fleet is the same technology around small modular reactors and micro nuclear reactors.—
March 8,
CBS News,
8 Mar. 2026
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Just over a sharp ridge that the belly of the plane seemed to graze, the vast expanse of the Beardmore Glacier spread before us.—
Cree LeFavour,
New Yorker,
7 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Spotting a moose or a pack of wolves on a carcass, for instance, helps resource management teams track animal activity and allows interpretive rangers to point other visitors toward memorable experiences.—
Iona Brannon,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Mar. 2026
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The entire trap and mouse carcass are then disposed.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
10 Mar. 2026
Verb
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For the uninitiated—and those without this excellent Instagram on your Explore page—the Sciura is a Milanese woman who dresses elegantly and impeccably.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
1 Mar. 2026
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Middleburg also dresses to the nines for the holiday season, with festivities kicking off the first weekend of December during a multiday affair known as Christmas in Middleburg.—
Lydia Mansel,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Jan. 2026
Noun
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After the loss of thousands of family homes and businesses to the Palisades fire, the subsequent closing of the community’s nearly century-old newspaper felt like yet another a gut punch.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Mar. 2026
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Previous research shows that food and beverage temperature has a measurable effect on things like anxiety and gut discomfort.—
Khloe Quill,
FOXNews.com,
7 Mar. 2026
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“Bones.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bones. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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