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Recent Examples of suture
Bobby Krivitsky, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
The popemobile will be staffed with a physician and a nurse and equipped with medical instruments to offer children basic care, including rapid tests for infections, suture kits and syringes, according to Anton Asfar, the secretary general of Caritas Jerusalem.
—Adam Rasgon, New York Times, 4 May 2025
IEEE Spectrum, 21 May 2025
Activities include practicing suturing techniques (on a banana), listening to the heartbeat of a mini horse, viewing bacteria under a microscope, drawing blood and learning vaccination techniques.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 May 2025
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Verb
That permits the tendon to heal, as opposed to normal Achilles tendon repairs, where a surgeon makes an open incision, weaves sutures through it, and may anchor it into the bone.
—Bobby Krivitsky, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
The popemobile will be staffed with a physician and a nurse and equipped with medical instruments to offer children basic care, including rapid tests for infections, suture kits and syringes, according to Anton Asfar, the secretary general of Caritas Jerusalem.
—Adam Rasgon, New York Times, 4 May 2025
Noun
The first version of STAR sutured a piece of small intestine pulled up through an incision.
—IEEE Spectrum, 21 May 2025
Activities include practicing suturing techniques (on a banana), listening to the heartbeat of a mini horse, viewing bacteria under a microscope, drawing blood and learning vaccination techniques.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 May 2025
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Verb
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Her handiwork is tucked into jacket linings, stitched onto knits and splashed across sheer Step Up stockings.—
Lisa Lockwood,
Footwear News,
3 Sep. 2025
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Tiffany has a pop-up experience at this year's Open where a one-of-a-kind tennis racket is on display, featuring 5 carats of diamonds, alongside a 24-karat gold vermeil tennis ball, stitched with almost 7 carats of diamonds.—
Mary Whitfill Roeloffs,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Umberto was very patient and bided his time until a seam opened up.—
Danny Brewer,
Forbes.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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The outer is covered in on-trend dark brown faux suede accented with a seam of faux leather stitching for a modern look.—
Shea Simmons,
Southern Living,
30 Aug. 2025
Noun
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On the evening of Wednesday, July 23, the couple was on a 35-foot boat on the Niagara River when witnesses saw the vessel crash into a concrete abutment at around 9:38 p.m. local time, according to authorities.—
Sam Gillette,
People.com,
28 July 2025
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In Turkey, for instance, the cost for a single dental implant, including the abutment (the connector piece) and the final crown, can range from $850 to $1,200.—
Matthew Kayser,
USA Today,
18 July 2025
Noun
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After unthreading some lug nuts from attachments secured to the port and starboard sides of the vessel, the crew deploys two metal arms that jut out a half dozen feet from the aft.—
Wesley Bruer,
CNN Money,
8 Sep. 2025
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Olandria Carthen of Love Island was a vision in a bold cherry red bustier bodysuit with a mesh attachment.—
Robyn Mowatt,
Essence,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Owyhee County Coroner Aaron Tines said the human skeleton had hardware connecting the bones in the correct anatomical positions, in a process known as skeletal articulation.—
Sally Krutzig,
Idaho Statesman,
4 Sep. 2025
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New offerings, services, and IP emerge not from the ether, but from the articulation and recombination of existing knowledge.—
Rhea Wessel,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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“Suture.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suture. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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