as in structures
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 skeletons
Glass sponges build intricate, mesh-like skeletons out of silica — the same material used to make glass.
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Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 11 Mar. 2026
Out back on the patio, a pair of angels cry red blood tears into a fountain, skeletons escape their open coffins and a hooded skull peers over the tables like a Gordon Ramsay grim reaper.
—Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2026
There are skeletons and the Day of the Dead puppets.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 24 Feb. 2026
The drawings represent snakes that swallow scenes played by skeletons.
—K. Desbouis, Artforum, 6 Feb. 2026
Among the city’s oldest institutions and one of the largest natural history museums in the American West, the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County is the place to see fantastical fossils and skeletons.
—Kathryn Romeyn, Travel + Leisure, 5 Feb. 2026
In this new study, Mitchell and his colleagues set out to investigate which imaging methods are best for detecting bone breaks in the birds’ delicate skeletons.
—Sarah Kuta, Popular Science, 4 Feb. 2026
Just published in The New England Journal of Medicine, scientists examined the remains of two Stone Age skeletons discovered in 1963.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 31 Jan. 2026
Iron is not a common biomineral in animal skeletons.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 11 Mar. 2026
Out back on the patio, a pair of angels cry red blood tears into a fountain, skeletons escape their open coffins and a hooded skull peers over the tables like a Gordon Ramsay grim reaper.
—Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2026
There are skeletons and the Day of the Dead puppets.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 24 Feb. 2026
The drawings represent snakes that swallow scenes played by skeletons.
—K. Desbouis, Artforum, 6 Feb. 2026
Among the city’s oldest institutions and one of the largest natural history museums in the American West, the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County is the place to see fantastical fossils and skeletons.
—Kathryn Romeyn, Travel + Leisure, 5 Feb. 2026
In this new study, Mitchell and his colleagues set out to investigate which imaging methods are best for detecting bone breaks in the birds’ delicate skeletons.
—Sarah Kuta, Popular Science, 4 Feb. 2026
Just published in The New England Journal of Medicine, scientists examined the remains of two Stone Age skeletons discovered in 1963.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 31 Jan. 2026
Iron is not a common biomineral in animal skeletons.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for skeletons
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Building an ultrathin nickelate with atomic precision The team focused on a compound called La₃Ni₂O₇, a nickelate made of nickel and oxygen atoms arranged in layered structures.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Mar. 2026
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The sheriff's office also advised people to avoid damaged structures and structures that had been marked by emergency personnel.—
Nour Rahal,
Freep.com,
7 Mar. 2026
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Defenders of the new classics—with its incorporation of race, gender, pop culture, and comparative frameworks—see it as a more faithful representation of antiquity itself.—
Chang Che,
New Yorker,
8 Mar. 2026
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According to lawsuits filed on Friday, two employees of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) used ChatGPT to determine whether previously approved National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grants should be canceled based on proximity to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion frameworks.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
8 Mar. 2026
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Future designs may scale to larger architectures.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Mar. 2026
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Transparent models, sovereign data architectures, and compliance-ready tech are the foundation of competitive advantage in regulated industries worth trillions.—
Dave McCann,
Fortune,
2 Mar. 2026
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“Skeletons.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skeletons. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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