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The team identified a continuous midline feature that began as a fleshy crest along the neck and trunk and transitioned over the hips into a single row of spikes running down the tail — each spike positioned over a single vertebra and fitted to each other.
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Abhishek Bhardwaj, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2025
Poking out of the vertical wall of a cutbank in a seasonally dry river was a vertebra – part of the backbone – and some ossified tendons.
—Paul C. Sereno, The Conversation, 24 Oct. 2025
Each spike grew directly over and fitted a single, corresponding vertebra.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 23 Oct. 2025
The 36-year-old ended up with a fractured vertebra after a backboard collapsed following a fellow basketball player’s dunk during last Saturday’s practice at the Australian Institute of Sport Arena in Canberra, the Adelaide 36ers confirmed.
—Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 3 Sep. 2025
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Abhishek Bhardwaj, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2025
Poking out of the vertical wall of a cutbank in a seasonally dry river was a vertebra – part of the backbone – and some ossified tendons.
—Paul C. Sereno, The Conversation, 24 Oct. 2025
Each spike grew directly over and fitted a single, corresponding vertebra.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 23 Oct. 2025
The 36-year-old ended up with a fractured vertebra after a backboard collapsed following a fellow basketball player’s dunk during last Saturday’s practice at the Australian Institute of Sport Arena in Canberra, the Adelaide 36ers confirmed.
—Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 3 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vertebra
Noun
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The disease affects nerves in the brain and spinal cord, robbing a person of their ability to walk, breathe and often speak.—
Juana Summers,
NPR,
11 Mar. 2026
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The crash severed his spinal cord.—
Lori Riley,
Hartford Courant,
9 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The movement also strengthens the transverse abdominis − a deep muscle that stabilizes the core − and a group of muscles that runs along the spine known as the erector spinae.—
Daryl Austin,
USA Today,
15 Mar. 2026
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At the same time, your core muscles dynamically stabilize your spine to maintain upright posture as your weight transfers from one leg to the other.—
Dana Santas,
CNN Money,
12 Mar. 2026
Noun
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In the red rock landscapes around Sedona, one famous rock formation looks just like Snoopy lying on his back on top of his doghouse.—
Tiffany Acosta,
AZCentral.com,
13 Mar. 2026
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Widely considered the best run-blocking tight end available ahead of free agency, Kolar should help an uneven Chargers running attack that forced coach Jim Harbaugh to often rely too much on quarterback Justin Herbert — even when his running backs were healthy.—
Senior Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Mar. 2026
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“Vertebra.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vertebra. Accessed 20 Mar. 2026.
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