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.
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Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sutured
stitched
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The aerial views were surreal—cliffs tumbling into aquamarine seas, olive groves stitched like patchwork across the land—Mallorca, seen from the gods’ point of view.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
11 Feb. 2026
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Now, that philosophy is stitched into every seam of its uniforms.—
Lauren Harano,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Feb. 2026
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“Sutured.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sutured. Accessed 20 Feb. 2026.
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