sutured

past tense of suture
as in stitched
to close up with a series of interlacing stitches the doctor cleaned, sutured, and bandaged the wound

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Recent Examples of sutured Existing approaches have typically relied on relatively bulky energy-harvesting devices sutured onto organs, which have struggled to generate practically useful amounts of power. — Edd Gent, IEEE Spectrum, 29 Oct. 2026 The nerves can be sutured back together to minimize pain, Bank said, but most breast surgeons haven’t been trained to do this. — CNN Money, 11 Apr. 2026 The surgeon sutured the wounds but knew the arm would have to be amputated. — Sarah El Deeb, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2026 The travelogue portion of Walking the Bypass is sutured, sometimes maladroitly, to a history of the Crown’s abuses of Indigenous peoples. — Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sutured
stitched
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  • Miller, 85, flew in from California nine days ago to follow the campaign in its final days and sell merchandise — buttons that read ‘Make Love Not War,’ hats that stitched with ‘GULF OF MEXICO EST 1550’ across the face.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 3 Nov. 2026
  • The ties are all made from silk or silk blends, are slip-stitched and hand-finished.
    — Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 2 Nov. 2026

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“Sutured.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sutured. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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