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suturing

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verb

present participle of suture
as in stitching
to close up with a series of interlacing stitches the doctor cleaned, sutured, and bandaged the wound

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Recent Examples of suturing
Verb
The company says the system would be able to perform hemorrhage control, wound repair, chest decompression, shrapnel extraction, and field suturing, stabilizing the patient until evacuation can be carried out. Abhishek Bhardwaj, Interesting Engineering, 9 Apr. 2026 The issue was surrounding his leg amputation surgery, a procedure that involves stretching the muscles and suturing them to provide the bone with padding. Jacob Louraine, Kansas City Star, 6 Mar. 2026 Treatment typically starts with clipping the fur around the injury, cleaning the area and, if needed, suturing the skin. Miriam Fauzia, Dallas Morning News, 21 Jan. 2026 Researchers compared the performance of the autonomous bot and a human surgeon on the same suturing task and found that the bot's stitches were more uniform and made a tighter seal. IEEE Spectrum, 31 May 2016
Recent Examples of Synonyms for suturing
Noun
  • This allows manufacturers to bypass spinning, weaving, cutting or sewing — the multistage process that has defined apparel manufacturing for centuries.
    Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 10 July 2026
  • As time goes on, skills like sewing have become more uncommon, especially here in the United States.
    Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 8 July 2026
Verb
  • These colonial reenactors spend their free time stitching historically accurate uniforms and portraying Revolutionary War figures.
    Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 4 July 2026
  • The city was full of people doing the same thing, with hundreds of little factories stitching and pressing petals in the buildings above the button guys and the zipper guys and the thread guys.
    jeanne malle, Air Mail, 4 July 2026
Noun
  • Left unchecked, these vulnerabilities can lead to costly water damage and much more extensive repairs.
    Olivia McIntosh, Martha Stewart, 13 July 2026
  • On top of this, subterranean drip systems often clog with mineral deposits, sediment, and algae, which Nad warns may eventually require repairs or replacement of portions of the system, particularly in areas with hard water or poor filtration.
    Kamron Sanders, The Spruce, 13 July 2026
Verb
  • Energy experts have said all along that repairing this damage would take some time, even if a sustainable peace deal was reached.
    John Cassidy, New Yorker, 13 July 2026
  • That includes, but is not limited to, maintenance and repair of streets, sidewalks, parks and public facilities; repairing and replacing aging infrastructure and storm drains; fire protection, paramedics, crime prevention and emergency response.
    Hannah Elsmore, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 July 2026
Noun
  • They should also be avoided on active acne, open wounds, sunburned skin, or healing areas.
    Iman Balagam, Vogue, 15 July 2026
  • But for a number of travelers the appeal of these restorative trips isn’t just the chance to unplug through what some might consider seemingly countless healing techniques.
    Katie Camero, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 July 2026
Noun
  • In a note on Tuesday, analysts reaffirmed their year-end price target of 7,100 for the broad market index, representing a 5% drop from the week’s closing level.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 5 July 2026
  • With the peloton boasting fresh legs, expect major fireworks in the closing kilometres.
    Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 4 July 2026
Noun
  • Quest served in the Royal Canadian Navy during World War II as a minesweeper and light cargo vessel and returned to commercial sealing operations after the war.
    Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 10 July 2026
  • The second patent filing solves this structural vulnerability with an adaptive fluid sealing device designed to sit between the metal rings.
    Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 4 July 2026
Noun
  • The cotton then goes to Laguna Fabric’s circular knitting mill in Los Angeles, where it is knitted into fabrics and dyed.
    Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 7 July 2026
  • The lower levels, meanwhile, hold a movie theater displaying a wall dedicated to Heigl’s knitting hobby, plus a spa wing with a sauna and a multihead steam shower finished in honeycomb onyx.
    Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 2 July 2026

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“Suturing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suturing. Accessed 17 Jul. 2026.

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