Thesaurus results for SCAFFOLDS

scaffolds

noun

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plural of scaffold

as in platforms

a raised flat surface Standing on a scaffold, the workers replaced the broken twelfth-story window.

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Recent Examples of scaffolds The companies could be using improved, unreleased versions of their LLMs or some more robust, internal scaffolds. —

Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 16 Mar. 2026 The duo knew from their previous studies that certain cells in the mouse embryo were tenser and sturdier than others due to differences in their internal scaffolds, which underpin the cell membrane and keep it taut. —

Clare Watson, Quanta Magazine, 27 Feb. 2026 Moreover, biomedical engineers are testing self-healing polymers for implants, tissue scaffolds, and wearable medical devices. —

Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 11 Feb. 2026 So, don’t hesitate to cut scaffolds back to create a tree that's a manageable size for harvesting. —

Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Dec. 2025 Madsen has the skins, and soon they’ll be stretched over scaffolds in town, drying in the late-autumn winds. —

Ben Taub, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025 These could be made into such things as scaffolds for tissue engineering, or used to stem bleeding or to absorb oil spills. —

Sandy Ong, JSTOR Daily, 11 Sep. 2025 The method was also widely used in mainland China until government regulations started calling for steel and aluminum scaffolds, in keeping with international norms, in the 1990s. —

Karina Tsui, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2025 Developers can describe features or behaviors, and the system generates scaffolds or complete implementations. —

Paul Kovalenko, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025

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Under the terms of the agreement, Ryan will develop and produce series for a variety of platforms and create original IP for USG to adapt for television under her Scribe Chick Media banner.

— Angelique Jackson, Variety, 15 Apr. 2026
The short-term rental strategy was launched in 2013 and involved an online business to list properties on digital platforms, which reportedly included Vrbo and Airbnb.

— Cierra Morgan, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2026