as in structure
the arrangement of parts that gives something its basic form
Native Americans covered the skeletons of their wigwams with bark, rush mats, or hides
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Recent Examples of skeleton
The invertebrate animals develop a hard skeleton of calcium carbonate, which forms the structure of living reefs.
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Evan Bush, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2025
Other buildings within Utah’s parks, however, remain closed, and only a skeleton crew of guest-facing rangers have been kept on to answer questions and provide backcountry permits.
—AFAR Media, 23 Oct. 2025
This year, Zamzow put up a patriotic scene, featuring hundreds of skeletons, in celebration of the upcoming 250th year of the United States.
—Kelli Arseneau, jsonline.com, 23 Oct. 2025
Stan, a nearly complete skeleton of a Tyrannosaurus rex, is set to be the star attraction when the Natural History Museum Abu Dhabi opens next month.
—Kelsey Warner, semafor.com, 22 Oct. 2025
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Evan Bush, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2025
Other buildings within Utah’s parks, however, remain closed, and only a skeleton crew of guest-facing rangers have been kept on to answer questions and provide backcountry permits.
—AFAR Media, 23 Oct. 2025
This year, Zamzow put up a patriotic scene, featuring hundreds of skeletons, in celebration of the upcoming 250th year of the United States.
—Kelli Arseneau, jsonline.com, 23 Oct. 2025
Stan, a nearly complete skeleton of a Tyrannosaurus rex, is set to be the star attraction when the Natural History Museum Abu Dhabi opens next month.
—Kelsey Warner, semafor.com, 22 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for skeleton
Recent Examples of Synonyms for skeleton
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There were five more minutes left to play — in Emery’s view, sufficient time to attack with greater structure, moving slowly with numbers upfield.—
Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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Despite the discovery of nuclear fission by Otto Hahn in December 1938 and significant achievements of other German physicists and chemists in research on the structure of the atom, the Nazis were not rushing to put that research to use.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The framework was established in September, when the future Pac-12 schools struggled and the current American schools thrived.—
Jon Wilner,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 Oct. 2025
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The bad news is that there are already murmurs in Brussels about piecemeal, incremental measures – harmonizing certain national laws, creating yet another framework for EU member states to fuss over and interpret.—
Jan Hammer,
Fortune,
18 Oct. 2025
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The company plans to continue releasing updates as testing progresses, pushing its axial flux architecture toward the next benchmark in electric propulsion.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Oct. 2025
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Artworks, curated from the foundation’s existing collection, are categorized under four broad themes that explore architecture, the living world, techniques and materials, and the relationship between science and artistic creation.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Skeleton.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skeleton. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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