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Recent Examples of suture
Sarah El Deeb, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2026
Treatment typically starts with clipping the fur around the injury, cleaning the area and, if needed, suturing the skin.
—Miriam Fauzia, Dallas Morning News, 21 Jan. 2026
Jonny Williams, The Providence Journal, 23 Jan. 2026
The original injury in the UCL is also repaired with a suture to further strengthen the joint.
—Jamie Barton, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2025
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Verb
The surgeon sutured the wounds but knew the arm would have to be amputated.
—Sarah El Deeb, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2026
Treatment typically starts with clipping the fur around the injury, cleaning the area and, if needed, suturing the skin.
—Miriam Fauzia, Dallas Morning News, 21 Jan. 2026
Noun
Health care providers can perform X-Rays, put on splints and suture wounds, test for respiratory illnesses and viral infections such as COVID and strep throat and perform urine analysis, among other services.
—Jonny Williams, The Providence Journal, 23 Jan. 2026
The original injury in the UCL is also repaired with a suture to further strengthen the joint.
—Jamie Barton, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for suture
Verb
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So many years, so many ideas, all stitched into one dress.—
Kimberlee Speakman,
PEOPLE,
13 May 2026
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An Oregon family alleged in a $100 million lawsuit that their 18-year-old son died from an infection after doctors at a Corvallis hospital did not remove pine needles and debris from his wound before stitching it up.—
Minyvonne Burke,
NBC news,
12 May 2026
Noun
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Teams can now dial in exactly how the ball is coming off the fingers with high-speed cameras and a better understanding of seam effects.—
Eno Sarris,
New York Times,
11 May 2026
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The finish read as dark metallic silver — closer to gunmetal than chrome — and a curved seam line was visible from the toe box back toward the side quarter.—
Maggie Clancy,
Footwear News,
11 May 2026
Noun
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The cars slid backward and would have dropped through the opening made by the raising to the abutment of the bridge if policemen had not attracted the attention of the bridge tender by firing their revolvers.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
14 May 2026
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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
Noun
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This is one reason why a partner of someone with avoidant attachment may perceive their partner as emotionally unavailable, overly self-sufficient, detached or distant or resistant to commitment.—
Daryl Austin,
USA Today,
12 May 2026
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What begins as charming quickly turns unsettling, as Mark and Julie grow concerned about their son’s growing attachment to the family.—
Mike Fleming Jr,
Deadline,
11 May 2026
Noun
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This simple explanation may be the most precise articulation yet of why Wall Street — despite spending billions deploying AI across trading, compliance, and back-office operations — remains deeply reluctant to hand autonomous agents the keys to anything that actually matters.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
13 May 2026
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Yet rather than offering a clear articulation of Beijing’s ambitions, many participants framed their answers in the opposite—insisting that what China does not want is to become a superpower in the image of the United States.—
Yu Jie,
Time,
13 May 2026
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“Suture.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suture. Accessed 18 May. 2026.
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