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 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
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stitched
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  • All those old versions of me were stitched into these garments.
    Junnelle Hogen, Outside, 19 Oct. 2025
  • My only complaint is that the light blue stripes on the arm look printed, not stitched, which is kinda lame.
    The Athletic NHL Staff, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025

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“Sutured.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sutured. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.

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