as in stitches
to close up with a series of interlacing stitches
the doctor cleaned, sutured, and bandaged the wound
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attachments
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Trillium seeds have external attachments that ants like to eat.—
Carl R. Gold,
Baltimore Sun,
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Avoid opening attachments or clicking on links from unknown senders.—
Alex Vakulov,
Forbes.com,
29 Mar. 2025
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“Sutures.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sutures. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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