as in vertebra
a column of bones supporting the trunk of a vertebrate animal
he hurt his spine in the accident, but the doctor says he'll be walking again in no time
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The contraction being the exhale and the coiling-in of the spine in the torso, and the release being the inhale and the expansion of energy throughout the body.
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Elizabeth Blair, NPR, 19 Mar. 2026
Produced by Audiovisual From Spain in collaboration with White Horse and Apartamento, the piece takes Hayon’s conceptual and visual universe as the spine of a poetic audiovisual journey through more than a century of Spanish creativity.
—Emiliano De Pablos, Variety, 18 Mar. 2026
The movement also strengthens the transverse abdominis − a deep muscle that stabilizes the core − and a group of muscles that runs along the spine known as the erector spinae.
—Daryl Austin, USA Today, 15 Mar. 2026
At the same time, your core muscles dynamically stabilize your spine to maintain upright posture as your weight transfers from one leg to the other.
—Dana Santas, CNN Money, 12 Mar. 2026
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Elizabeth Blair, NPR, 19 Mar. 2026
Produced by Audiovisual From Spain in collaboration with White Horse and Apartamento, the piece takes Hayon’s conceptual and visual universe as the spine of a poetic audiovisual journey through more than a century of Spanish creativity.
—Emiliano De Pablos, Variety, 18 Mar. 2026
The movement also strengthens the transverse abdominis − a deep muscle that stabilizes the core − and a group of muscles that runs along the spine known as the erector spinae.
—Daryl Austin, USA Today, 15 Mar. 2026
At the same time, your core muscles dynamically stabilize your spine to maintain upright posture as your weight transfers from one leg to the other.
—Dana Santas, CNN Money, 12 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spine
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What One Bone Revealed Cheng-Hsiu Tsai of National Taiwan University and colleagues analyzed the vertebra, which was recovered from the Chiting Formation, a geological deposit near Tainan formed roughly 800,000 to 400,000 years ago.—
Hanna Wickes,
Miami Herald,
17 Mar. 2026
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After playing on the junior varsity team as a freshman, Matusak missed his sophomore season with a contusion on a vertebra in his lower back.—
Michael Osipoff,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Mar. 2026
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To suddenly claim impartiality when an athlete is killed shows a lack of backbone and a failure to stand up for the very people who make the Olympic movement possible.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
24 Mar. 2026
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Those are the kinds of films that used to make up the backbone of the industry and drew in audiences between the big tentpole hits.—
Samantha Masunaga,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Mar. 2026
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Kilgallon was breaking through as a young centre-back at Leeds in 2004, at a time when the club were in financial trouble.—
Stuart James,
New York Times,
21 Mar. 2026
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Even the napkins have a dual purpose, with instructions on how to use Nespresso coffee machines printed on the back.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
20 Mar. 2026
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“Spine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spine. Accessed 28 Mar. 2026.
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