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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Recent Examples of spine
From Santiago Ramón y Cajal’s hand came branches and whorls, spines and webs.
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Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 29 Sep. 2025
Colton Mims, the Michigan high school football player who was the victim of a body slam that fractured his spine, visited with his teammates before their game on Friday.
—Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 27 Sep. 2025
Based on her symptoms, Chyna may suffer from Wobbler Syndrome, a disease that affects a large dog’s spine.
—Tj MacIas, Kansas City Star, 25 Sep. 2025
They were signed to be the spine of a team that would contend for multiple World Series championships, not just one.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Sep. 2025
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Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 29 Sep. 2025
Colton Mims, the Michigan high school football player who was the victim of a body slam that fractured his spine, visited with his teammates before their game on Friday.
—Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 27 Sep. 2025
Based on her symptoms, Chyna may suffer from Wobbler Syndrome, a disease that affects a large dog’s spine.
—Tj MacIas, Kansas City Star, 25 Sep. 2025
They were signed to be the spine of a team that would contend for multiple World Series championships, not just one.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spine
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The skulls now rest on Theo’s bookshelf, flanked by nature’s curiosities: eggshells, feathers, polished stones, a whale vertebra discovered on the beach.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Oct. 2025
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The 36-year-old ended up with a fractured vertebra after a backboard collapsed following a fellow basketball player’s dunk during last Saturday’s practice at the Australian Institute of Sport Arena in Canberra, the Adelaide 36ers confirmed.—
Chantz Martin,
FOXNews.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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The bacon fat and rendered ham drippings are the backbone of this super simple savory sauce, studded with small pieces of sweet mirepoix and earthy black-eyed peas.—
Elizabeth Mervosh,
Southern Living,
6 Oct. 2025
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American historiography of the Civil War would be dominated by the Confederate-friendly into the middle of the twentieth century, providing intellectual backbone for the American version of apartheid.—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
5 Oct. 2025
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On the back is the galaxy, an atom is at the top, while an electron circles Hadjar’s racing number (6).—
Madeline Coleman,
New York Times,
9 Oct. 2025
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The sow hit the barrel with her chin, the force of her momentum knocking Duane on his back.—
Marguerite Reiss,
Outdoor Life,
9 Oct. 2025
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“Spine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spine. Accessed 10 Oct. 2025.
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