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
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.
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Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 1 Apr. 2026
Another discovery was a new chimaera — also known as a ghost shark or rat fish — a type of animal related to sharks and rays, which have cartilaginous rather than bony skeletons.
—Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 31 Mar. 2026
Another discovery was a new chimaera — a type of animal related to sharks and rays, which have cartilaginous rather than bony skeletons.
—Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 31 Mar. 2026
White also described a new chimaera — a type of animal related to sharks and rays, which have cartilaginous rather than bony skeletons.
—Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Mar. 2026
What skeletons did goalscorers Vivianne Miedema or Kerstin Casparij expose?
—Megan Feringa, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2026
Kites in a spectrum of colors and designs that ranged from sea creatures to skeletons soared above the grounds near the Washington Monument on Saturday.
—Pete Kiehart, Washington Post, 28 Mar. 2026
No complete skeletons were recovered, only about 38,000 bone fragments.
—Débora Rey, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2026
No complete skeletons were recovered, only about 38,000 bone fragments.
—ABC News, 22 Mar. 2026
Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 1 Apr. 2026
Another discovery was a new chimaera — also known as a ghost shark or rat fish — a type of animal related to sharks and rays, which have cartilaginous rather than bony skeletons.
—Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 31 Mar. 2026
Another discovery was a new chimaera — a type of animal related to sharks and rays, which have cartilaginous rather than bony skeletons.
—Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 31 Mar. 2026
White also described a new chimaera — a type of animal related to sharks and rays, which have cartilaginous rather than bony skeletons.
—Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Mar. 2026
What skeletons did goalscorers Vivianne Miedema or Kerstin Casparij expose?
—Megan Feringa, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2026
Kites in a spectrum of colors and designs that ranged from sea creatures to skeletons soared above the grounds near the Washington Monument on Saturday.
—Pete Kiehart, Washington Post, 28 Mar. 2026
No complete skeletons were recovered, only about 38,000 bone fragments.
—Débora Rey, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2026
No complete skeletons were recovered, only about 38,000 bone fragments.
—ABC News, 22 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for skeletons
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The sweeping structures bear a striking resemblance to the sensory organs sported by members of the insect world, which eventually granted them the nickname of the Antennae Galaxies.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
28 Mar. 2026
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The conflagration turned more than 14,021 acres to ash, killed 19 people, destroyed 9,414 structures, and badly burned another 1,074.—
Pat Maio,
Daily News,
28 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Flexible loads, intelligent storage, and advanced demand coordination should be treated as capacity resources in grid planning, with regulatory frameworks updated accordingly.—
Brian Barlow,
Fortune,
28 Mar. 2026
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Supporters say introductory courses had become too focused on contemporary social-justice frameworks and that the new standards restore an emphasis on classical thinkers, empirical methods and a broader range of perspectives.—
Garrett Shanley,
Miami Herald,
26 Mar. 2026
Noun
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What looked like a narrow corridor of cosmic architectures now opens into an embarrassment of possibilities.—
Paul M. Sutter,
Scientific American,
27 Mar. 2026
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Organizations may experiment constantly, yet their architectures of experimentation increasingly resemble one another.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
20 Mar. 2026
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