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 surgeon sutured the wounds but knew the arm would have to be amputated.
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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
Working primarily with rubbery mock-ups of human tissue, experimental robots have sutured, cleaned wounds, and cut out tumors.
—IEEE Spectrum, 31 May 2016
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
Working primarily with rubbery mock-ups of human tissue, experimental robots have sutured, cleaned wounds, and cut out tumors.
—IEEE Spectrum, 31 May 2016
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sutured
stitched
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Hand-stitched and overly plush, the front is made from a cotton and linen blend, while the reverse side is 100% cotton.—
Stephanie Osmanski,
Better Homes & Gardens,
8 Mar. 2026
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The international nonprofit’s mission is to promote the art quilt as a creative visual work that is layered and stitched with a vision that the art quilt be universally respected as a fine art medium.—
Julie Gallant,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Mar. 2026
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“Sutured.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sutured. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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