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Recent Examples of vertebra
Nod your head, then imagine rolling through your spine, one vertebra at a time.
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Sherri Gordon, Health, 4 Aug. 2025
The next highest vertebra — the axis — allows for side-to-side movement of the skull.
—Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 July 2025
In December 2003, Ozzy was seriously injured after an accident with his all-terrain vehicle broke his collarbone, eight ribs and a neck vertebra.
—Roy Trakin, HollywoodReporter, 22 July 2025
Before that analysis, the team only knew that the ornithopod vertebra was from the Late Cretaceous period.
—Taylor Nicioli, CNN Money, 17 July 2025
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Sherri Gordon, Health, 4 Aug. 2025
The next highest vertebra — the axis — allows for side-to-side movement of the skull.
—Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 July 2025
In December 2003, Ozzy was seriously injured after an accident with his all-terrain vehicle broke his collarbone, eight ribs and a neck vertebra.
—Roy Trakin, HollywoodReporter, 22 July 2025
Before that analysis, the team only knew that the ornithopod vertebra was from the Late Cretaceous period.
—Taylor Nicioli, CNN Money, 17 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vertebra
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More than 300,000 Americans live with spinal cord injuries, according to the National Spinal Cord Injury Statistical Center.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Sep. 2025
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Even within the central nervous system, there was a conceptual hierarchy with the brain controlling the spinal cord.—
Sara Giordano,
The Conversation,
4 Sep. 2025
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The report is said to highlight the pain reliever Tylenol, when taken during pregnancy, along with low levels of folate, a vitamin that is important for proper development of a baby’s brain and spine, as potential causes of autism, according to the Wall Street Journal.—
Brenda Goodman,
CNN Money,
5 Sep. 2025
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Kwame was being treated for arthritis, mostly in his upper spine for the past few years.—
Devoun Cetoute,
Miami Herald,
5 Sep. 2025
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One of these is Trent Alexander-Arnold but, as The Athletic has reported, a position change to midfield was not discussed in depth during the process of his transfer from Liverpool as Madrid saw him as one of the best right-backs in the world.—
Mario Cortegana,
New York Times,
5 Sep. 2025
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Plus, the rust-tone orange is vibrant, and the strings on the back keep the cushions firmly in place.—
Shea Simmons,
Southern Living,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Vertebra.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vertebra. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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