joints

plural of joint

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Recent Examples of joints Donati said overweight dogs tend to have shorter lifespans than their leaner counterparts, while excess weight can also put additional strain on their joints. Peter Burke, FOXNews.com, 10 Sep. 2026 Your first interaction with half-and-half might have been those tiny cups that get tossed on the table at diners, fast food joints, and other less-than-fancy places. Alyse Whitney, Bon Appetit Magazine, 9 Sep. 2026 If using stairs hurts your knees or other lower body joints, feel free to do a 4x4 workout on a more suitable tool. Jakob Roze, HEALTH, 9 Sep. 2026 Keep in mind that slow jogging doesn’t necessarily mean low impact and could still put strain on your muscles and joints, and injury is possible. Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 8 Sep. 2026 At a time when Republican leaders are increasingly targeting the state's growing Muslim communities, barbecue joints like Goldee's that offer halal options are thriving in Texas. Ulaa Kuziez, NPR, 6 Sep. 2026 The thick soles also help absorb impact to ease stress on joints, and nonslip outsoles provide traction. Clara McMahon, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2026 The men slumped in those long-ago joints would not be at home in a Murray Hill bar these days, however. Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 2 Sep. 2026 Astronauts were able to monitor the arm’s movements through a live video feed provided by cameras installed on the wrist and elbow joints, according to the Milestone webpage. Joanna Goodrich, IEEE Spectrum, 2 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for joints
Noun
  • Concrete is important again here, dictating the lack of material variation throughout the museum, the uniform thickness of the gallery walls, and the minimal slots of light at the junctions of many walls and ceilings.
    Katy Barkan, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026
  • The measurements showed that internal dendrites formed at defects such as pores and grain-boundary junctions.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • The split also means immigrants in some parts of the country are getting bail hearings while those in other places, including Texas and Louisiana, face additional hurdles to seek release.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Later that month, GAGE Center lost its USA Gymnastics affiliation, forcing many competitive gymnasts there to find new places to train.
    PJ Green September 11, Kansas City Star, 11 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • In August, the Michigan House passed a legislative plan aimed at safety and transparency in the state's prisons following multiple inmate deaths.
    Nicholas Lentz, CBS News, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Look beyond the police, and the whole criminal justice system – prisons, the courts and probation service – is poorly run, and often in crisis.
    The Week UK, TheWeek, 5 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • The Road Ahead While many of us have focused on the flash of AVs, the transportation sector has adopted AI tools to create safer, more efficient streets, intersections and interstates.
    Bryan Mistele, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Others questioned the new emphasis on lettered exits, arguing that street names and intersections can be more useful for tourists and occasional riders.
    Mike Stunson, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Considerable expense would go into rebranding the entire airport and its facilities.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 11 Sep. 2026
  • According to the document’s timeline, NASA seeks a groundbreaking for a permanent campus no later than next year, the first class to be enrolled and begin studies in temporary facilities in 2028, and a transition to a permanent campus in 2031.
    Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Hodge says he was abused in multiple federal penitentiaries, but was frequently blocked from filing complaints about it.
    Christie Thompson, NPR, 13 July 2026
  • This includes providing the Colombian military more leeway in the field, signing a new security agreement with Washington and building 10 mega-prisons that mimic Bukele’s network of penitentiaries in El Salvador.
    Daniel DePetris, Chicago Tribune, 2 June 2026
Noun
  • Still, the growth in the number of establishments selling caramel apple and apple pie dwarfed pumpkin spice’s advance.
    Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Tarrant County inspects and scores all food-service establishments in the county except for those in Fort Worth, Arlington, Euless and North Richland Hills.
    Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • In New York prisons and jails, the use of medications for opioid use disorder increased seven times over between 2022 and 2025.
    Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 3 Sep. 2026
  • In Miami-Dade, the estimate is a roughly 20% cut on the $3 billion in property taxes that fund county services, including jails, ambulances, police, transit and the Jackson Health hospital system.
    Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2026

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“Joints.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/joints. Accessed 15 Sep. 2026.

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