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 skeleton was recovered in late 2025 and is currently being analyzed.
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Ryan Brennan
april 4, Kansas City Star, 4 Apr. 2026
Instead, the Navy stripped the hangar's exterior and coated the steel frame with epoxy – a remediation critics considered inadequate – leaving behind a big bare skeleton.
—New Atlas, 3 Apr. 2026
In Absolute Wonder Woman, drawn by Hayden, who is also part of this artistic new wave, Diana Prince is raised in Hades by the sorceress Circe to be a witch, not on Paradise Island by caring Amazonians, and flies on a skeleton horse.
—Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 3 Apr. 2026
At one point there’s a throwaway bit involving a roller coaster that dives into a pit of lava, eventually emerging with all its passengers transformed into happy skeletons; maybe we are supposed to be those happy skeletons, drained of life and loving it.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 1 Apr. 2026
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Ryan Brennan
april 4, Kansas City Star, 4 Apr. 2026
Instead, the Navy stripped the hangar's exterior and coated the steel frame with epoxy – a remediation critics considered inadequate – leaving behind a big bare skeleton.
—New Atlas, 3 Apr. 2026
In Absolute Wonder Woman, drawn by Hayden, who is also part of this artistic new wave, Diana Prince is raised in Hades by the sorceress Circe to be a witch, not on Paradise Island by caring Amazonians, and flies on a skeleton horse.
—Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 3 Apr. 2026
At one point there’s a throwaway bit involving a roller coaster that dives into a pit of lava, eventually emerging with all its passengers transformed into happy skeletons; maybe we are supposed to be those happy skeletons, drained of life and loving it.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 1 Apr. 2026
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Meanwhile, Wheels Up Towing defended its fee structure.—
Liz Crawford,
CBS News,
14 Apr. 2026
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Atomic-6’s hardware contributions include its Light Wing solar arrays for electricity generation, its Hot Wing radiator systems for cooling and its Space Armor structures for debris protection.—
Zachary Hansen,
AJC.com,
13 Apr. 2026
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Within this framework, polyanion materials have gained a clear advantage.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Apr. 2026
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These systems are being integrated into offensive cyber operations faster than policymakers can build the frameworks to govern how these capabilities are used or secured.—
Beatrice Nolan,
Fortune,
10 Apr. 2026
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The cost of the six-story hotel with its Spanish Colonial Revival architecture came in at nearly $1 million, or more than $18 million in today’s money, and featured marble floors, private baths, steel beams, and an electric elevator.—
Susan B. Barnes,
Southern Living,
10 Apr. 2026
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Mullet had been inspired by Boston’s Old City Hall, which had been completed in 1865 and was itself inspired by the government architecture of the French Second Empire.—
Kevin D. Murphy,
The Conversation,
10 Apr. 2026
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“Skeleton.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skeleton. Accessed 14 Apr. 2026.
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