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
Nearly a year and a half after their deaths, the victims are mostly skeletons inside their clothing.
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Anas Baba, NPR, 6 May 2026
Along with exhibits of skeletons, mummies, and Revolutionary War mementos, the museum included an entire floor of dioramas and panoramic paintings.
—Sebastian Smee, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
There such subtexts of skeletons, skulls, blood, aging, injury, anatomy and mortality can be found.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 4 May 2026
Exhibits include a Bone Hall (with giant sea turtle and flying fish skeletons) and a Hall of Human Origins.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 30 Apr. 2026
There were no skeletons at the bottom, just various farm implements (an axe, a bark spud used for peeling bark off fresh tree trunks, a chain, and various minor trinkets).
—Literary Hub, 23 Apr. 2026
The film rattles enough skeletons, both on screen and in the audience, to ensure that Cronin’s name will be remembered by genre heads with or without the titular reminder.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 16 Apr. 2026
The skeletons were found on the grounds of the Josephine Baker school complex in Dijon, roughly 195 miles southeast of Paris.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 11 Apr. 2026
Besides common items like shirts, pants, and headphones, the company also comes across unique stuff like space artifacts, fake skeletons, and musical instruments.
—Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 9 Apr. 2026
Anas Baba, NPR, 6 May 2026
Along with exhibits of skeletons, mummies, and Revolutionary War mementos, the museum included an entire floor of dioramas and panoramic paintings.
—Sebastian Smee, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
There such subtexts of skeletons, skulls, blood, aging, injury, anatomy and mortality can be found.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 4 May 2026
Exhibits include a Bone Hall (with giant sea turtle and flying fish skeletons) and a Hall of Human Origins.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 30 Apr. 2026
There were no skeletons at the bottom, just various farm implements (an axe, a bark spud used for peeling bark off fresh tree trunks, a chain, and various minor trinkets).
—Literary Hub, 23 Apr. 2026
The film rattles enough skeletons, both on screen and in the audience, to ensure that Cronin’s name will be remembered by genre heads with or without the titular reminder.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 16 Apr. 2026
The skeletons were found on the grounds of the Josephine Baker school complex in Dijon, roughly 195 miles southeast of Paris.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 11 Apr. 2026
Besides common items like shirts, pants, and headphones, the company also comes across unique stuff like space artifacts, fake skeletons, and musical instruments.
—Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 9 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for skeletons
Noun
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Two smaller structures rise to six floors each, alongside the 20-story main tower.—
Adam Williams
May 09,
New Atlas,
9 May 2026
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The team also demonstrated that the device could identify hidden structures beneath soft materials, including tumor-like objects embedded in tissue models.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
9 May 2026
Noun
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The financing and regulatory frameworks had to be built from scratch.—
Ken Silverstein,
Forbes.com,
10 May 2026
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The cycle that isn’t The idea that economies expand and contract in predictable waves is one of the most durable frameworks in economics.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
9 May 2026
Noun
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Counter–uncrewed aerial system (CUAS) technologies have become critical components of modern air defense architectures.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
8 May 2026
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Depending on the use case, that information may include security architectures, cryptographic implementations, authentication and access-control logic, vulnerability remediation code, trade secrets, and other proprietary business logic.—
Emily Hallas,
The Washington Examiner,
30 Apr. 2026
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“Skeletons.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skeletons. Accessed 13 May. 2026.
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