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Recent Examples of suture
Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 15 Jan. 2026
Beyond urology, robotic platforms play a role in general surgery, including colorectal procedures, bariatric operations, and select kidney transplants, where precise suturing and controlled movement are particularly important.
—William Jones, Ascend Agency, 5 Jan. 2026
Thomas Page McBee, Travel + Leisure, 16 Sep. 2025
The group would have two minutes to make a small incision in the animal, set the tracker and suture the wound closed.
—Jack Prator, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 Aug. 2025
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Verb
That means most minor ailments can be dealt with onboard: wounds can be sutured, blood can be taken and ultrasounds can be done.
—Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 15 Jan. 2026
Beyond urology, robotic platforms play a role in general surgery, including colorectal procedures, bariatric operations, and select kidney transplants, where precise suturing and controlled movement are particularly important.
—William Jones, Ascend Agency, 5 Jan. 2026
Noun
My top-surgery scars are tattooed over, the suture marks no longer visible.
—Thomas Page McBee, Travel + Leisure, 16 Sep. 2025
The group would have two minutes to make a small incision in the animal, set the tracker and suture the wound closed.
—Jack Prator, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 Aug. 2025
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Textiles were everywhere at Frieze Los Angeles—spilling across walls, stitched into sculpture, and, in one case, reimagined as a vintage carpet bazaar tucked inside a standard-issue gallery booth at the Santa Monica Airport, the fair’s cavernous venue.—
Lauren Mechling,
Architectural Digest,
1 Apr. 2026
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The architecture of the wig cap and the wefts stitched within are, however, notably more structured and fortified than the 3-star series, with tighter spacing and more deliberate stitching patterns.—
Noel Cymone Walker,
StyleCaster,
1 Apr. 2026
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DeGrom was back on the mound on Monday and unsurprisingly rebounded in dominating fashion, giving up one run off one hit with six strikeouts in five innings with his four-seam fastball as his most effective pitch, throwing it 44% of the time and accounting for five of his strikeouts.—
Lawrence Dow,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 Apr. 2026
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Grab an upholstery attachment and work through every crease, seam and gap.—
Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Miami Herald,
6 Apr. 2026
Noun
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An autopsy report on the driver of a gasoline tanker truck that smashed into a light rail abutment along Yale Avenue in Denver on Thanksgiving shows the driver had alcohol and methamphetamine in his system.—
Alan Gionet,
CBS News,
4 Feb. 2026
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The substructure, or the portion that supports the deck where piers and abutments are located, is also in fair condition.—
Gloria Casas,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Jan. 2026
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The most user-friendly methods for attachment are a clip or magnets.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Apr. 2026
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Malicious links and attachments are common after breaches.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
7 Apr. 2026
Noun
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This level of articulation enables more complex movement patterns and a more human-like gait compared to many current-generation humanoid robots.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Mar. 2026
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There’s a quick-disconnect sway bar underneath for better articulation, but Jeep didn’t go nuts with the hardware.—
Caleb Jacobs,
The Drive,
26 Mar. 2026
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“Suture.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suture. Accessed 8 Apr. 2026.
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