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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
Natalie Davies, Freep.com, 2 Oct. 2025
Best Interactive Plush Baby’s first plush pal is always ready to play—no bones about it!
—Pamela Brill, Parents, 2 Oct. 2025
There’s no nerve damage, no blood flow issues, no broken bones.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2025
Your scapulae are flat, triangular bones that float on the back of your rib cage, anchored only by muscles.
—Dana Santas, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2025
Deputies said that the assault resulted in injuries, including possible broken bones.
—Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2025
These are areas of cartilage at the ends of long bones that allow the bones to grow longer and wider.
—Sarah Shephard, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
Scientists unearthed the bones at the Lago Colhué Huapi rock formation in Patagonia, a region known for its glaciers, mountains and wildlife.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 1 Oct. 2025
Consult a Professional Blisters can develop from your running form or other biomechanical factors, such as weak muscles in your legs or the way bones in your feet are situated.
—Aubrey Bailey, Verywell Health, 25 Sep. 2025
Verb
An alligator's diet can include chicken liver, rats and animal parts, including bones and cartilage.
—Natalie Davies, Freep.com, 2 Oct. 2025
Best Interactive Plush Baby’s first plush pal is always ready to play—no bones about it!
—Pamela Brill, Parents, 2 Oct. 2025
There’s no nerve damage, no blood flow issues, no broken bones.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2025
Your scapulae are flat, triangular bones that float on the back of your rib cage, anchored only by muscles.
—Dana Santas, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2025
Deputies said that the assault resulted in injuries, including possible broken bones.
—Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2025
These are areas of cartilage at the ends of long bones that allow the bones to grow longer and wider.
—Sarah Shephard, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
Scientists unearthed the bones at the Lago Colhué Huapi rock formation in Patagonia, a region known for its glaciers, mountains and wildlife.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 1 Oct. 2025
Consult a Professional Blisters can develop from your running form or other biomechanical factors, such as weak muscles in your legs or the way bones in your feet are situated.
—Aubrey Bailey, Verywell Health, 25 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bones
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After flowering and producing seed in late spring, henbit dies, but its seedlings will emerge in fall to grow the population.—
Megan Hughes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
4 Oct. 2025
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But more interesting than Annie trying to dictate everything while having no clue the entire tribe was against her was what was going on between Jake’s two ride-or-dies.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
2 Oct. 2025
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Beneath a pink bow laden with rhinestones, colorful floral paper was dotted with rhinestones laid in heart and star shapes.—
Zoey Lyttle,
PEOPLE,
1 Oct. 2025
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At the end of 2023, the researchers compared the group with only one infection to the group with a second infection, focusing on Long COVID-like symptoms such as abdominal pain, respiratory distress, changes in taste and smell, fatigue, chest pain, myocarditis, or irregular heart beat.—
Alice Park,
Time,
1 Oct. 2025
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Alongside using the corpses to create furniture for his house, Ed also began constructing a skin suit of a woman made from human remains of at least 15 women, per A&E.—
Yasmeen Hamadeh,
PEOPLE,
5 Oct. 2025
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Ed Gein, who became infamous for crimes committed in rural Plainfield, Wisconsin, admitted to the killing of two women and stealing corpses from graves.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
4 Oct. 2025
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Then the company guts what's left in the middle.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
29 Sep. 2025
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Limiting the law to blocking the use of guns while a person is high effectively guts the statute that reduces gun violence, the Justice Department told the Supreme Court.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
21 Aug. 2025
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For two years, the 33-year-old sewing operator didn’t have enough money to fill her family’s bellies and fend off the debt collectors at the same time.—
Jasmin Malik Chua,
Sourcing Journal,
3 Oct. 2025
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But beware of this alien’s feisty side when tapping his nose or belly twice.—
Pamela Brill,
Parents,
2 Oct. 2025
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In the next scene, Ed treats his first fan—his sometime girlfriend Adeline Watkins—to the spectacle of a dead, nude woman, eviscerated and strung up like a carcass in a slaughterhouse.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
6 Oct. 2025
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Insects make quick work of dead animals, often consuming the soft parts of a carcass before it is even noticed by humans.—
Steven Sullivan,
The Conversation,
29 Sep. 2025
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Gucci, the presenting sponsor since the launch of the gala in 2011, dresses many of the evening’s VIPs.—
Ryma Chikhoune,
Footwear News,
1 Oct. 2025
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On top of that, Free People dresses, Madewell jeans, and more are on sale.—
Alyssa Grabinski,
PEOPLE,
22 Sep. 2025
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Respecting the numbers Sometimes, managers go with their gut.—
Ryan Ford,
Freep.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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Drinking small amounts of apple cider vinegar may support gut health and help lower blood sugar, cholesterol, and blood pressure.—
Sarah Bradley,
Health,
6 Oct. 2025
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“Bones.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bones. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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