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The results showed that on a nano level, the blacktip shark’s cartilage had two distinct regions, the corpus calcareum and the intermediale.
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Discover Magazine, 20 May 2025
The academic corpus treats market timing like a kind of mirage - achievable in theory but not in practice.
—Steven Desmyter, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
The thundering poet termed the result uninspired and banal, so the other professor went into Dickinson’s 1,800-poem corpus, retrieved an obscure quatrain and presented it to the poet, who called the result banal and uninspired.
—David Galef, Chicago Tribune, 21 Feb. 2025
Attorneys for the brothers have said that now that both brothers have been denied parole, the legal team will pivot to a habeas corpus petition filed by the brothers at the outset of their road to seeking freedom.
—Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Discover Magazine, 20 May 2025
The academic corpus treats market timing like a kind of mirage - achievable in theory but not in practice.
—Steven Desmyter, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
The thundering poet termed the result uninspired and banal, so the other professor went into Dickinson’s 1,800-poem corpus, retrieved an obscure quatrain and presented it to the poet, who called the result banal and uninspired.
—David Galef, Chicago Tribune, 21 Feb. 2025
Attorneys for the brothers have said that now that both brothers have been denied parole, the legal team will pivot to a habeas corpus petition filed by the brothers at the outset of their road to seeking freedom.
—Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for corpus
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According to Dongfang, the behemoth structure will be able to power 55,000 households at peak output and its central hub will stand 606 feet high—roughly twice as tall as the Statue of Liberty.—
Jeff Young,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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In a sign of entrenched woes facing the world’s second-largest economy, data released this week showed factory output and consumption rising in August at their weakest pace in around a year.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
17 Sep. 2025
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Michael Weser faces two counts of capital murder and charges of abuse of a corpse and arson in the killings of Denise Rhodes and Robyn DeSort, whose remains authorities found Sunday on land close to Weser's home, the release states.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
11 Sep. 2025
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Their investigation leads them to the rotting corpse of their old neighbor Patty Metzger (a great name for a character whose moniker will hang over the rest of the film), who disappeared years ago.—
Sam Bodrojan,
IndieWire,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Corpus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/corpus. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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