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 does not seem to be a man with skeletons in his closet and those hunting for them here will leave disappointed.
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Caleb Hammond, IndieWire, 4 Sep. 2025
Scientists recently discovered a skeleton near the southern tip of South America and learned more about the predator.
—Daniel Wine, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2025
The partial skeleton was found in the Shiwandashan Basin of the Wangmen Formation -- a geological rock unit in southern China that contains fossils from the Jurassic period -- near the Mingjiang River, the researchers said.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 2 Sep. 2025
The new species was identified by its coloring, scale pattern, skeleton, teeth and other subtle physical features, the study said.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2025
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Caleb Hammond, IndieWire, 4 Sep. 2025
Scientists recently discovered a skeleton near the southern tip of South America and learned more about the predator.
—Daniel Wine, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2025
The partial skeleton was found in the Shiwandashan Basin of the Wangmen Formation -- a geological rock unit in southern China that contains fossils from the Jurassic period -- near the Mingjiang River, the researchers said.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 2 Sep. 2025
The new species was identified by its coloring, scale pattern, skeleton, teeth and other subtle physical features, the study said.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for skeleton
Recent Examples of Synonyms for skeleton
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The problem comes when ideological casting choices begin to undermine the narrative, contravening Grisham’s famously effective structure and pacing.—
Graham Hillard,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Sep. 2025
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Keep a distance from tall, solitary trees or other elevated structures.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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Wu also emphasized that Beijing is open to international cooperation, including data sharing, with the goal of building a joint global asteroid defense framework.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Sep. 2025
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Taken together, the three lights provide a framework that is both simple and profound.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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Gateway — the Artemis program's pitstop space station in lunar orbit — has had a bumpy path inside the program's architecture.—
Josh Dinner,
Space.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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The company has used the same general-purpose architecture for this purpose.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Skeleton.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skeleton. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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