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
This unique vitamin is essential for all sorts of body functions, especially for helping maintain a strong skeleton.
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Mélanie Defouilloy, Vogue, 14 Apr. 2025
More recently, the Vienna Museum discovered the skeletons of more than 129 Roman and Germanic soldiers.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 11 Apr. 2025
The five of us and a skeleton crew got together one last time to shoot this little scene with Val.
—Devon Ivie, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2025
This early version skeleton for Graham was inspired by the stabbings of two young girls in the U.K., one of them in his hometown of Liverpool.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 10 Apr. 2025
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Mélanie Defouilloy, Vogue, 14 Apr. 2025
More recently, the Vienna Museum discovered the skeletons of more than 129 Roman and Germanic soldiers.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 11 Apr. 2025
The five of us and a skeleton crew got together one last time to shoot this little scene with Val.
—Devon Ivie, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2025
This early version skeleton for Graham was inspired by the stabbings of two young girls in the U.K., one of them in his hometown of Liverpool.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 10 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for skeleton
Recent Examples of Synonyms for skeleton
Noun
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Officials said the blaze threatened structures in Ocean and Lacey Townships.—
Jon Haworth,
ABC News,
23 Apr. 2025
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The beauty is in the tension, where softness meets structure, glam meets grit, and nothing matches but everything makes sense.—
Ruhama Wolle,
Glamour,
23 Apr. 2025
Noun
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What inspired you to use Trevisani as a framework for your story?—
Deborah Treisman,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2025
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The Trump administration has outlined a two-month framework to reach a deal with Iran, John Hannah, a senior fellow at JINSA, said during a briefing about Iran’s nuclear weapons program Thursday.—
Benjamin Weinthal,
FOXNews.com,
19 Apr. 2025
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This hectic oddness undergirds the conspiracy theories and wild extrapolations that course through the film and provides the rickety intellectual architecture for Dr. J.’s mercenary speculations.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
18 Apr. 2025
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For all that’s been written about design and architecture, relatively little ink has been spilled on the subject of storage units.—
Nathan King,
Architectural Digest,
17 Apr. 2025
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“Skeleton.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skeleton. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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