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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vertebrae
Noun
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From Santiago Ramón y Cajal’s hand came branches and whorls, spines and webs.—
Yasemin Saplakoglu,
Quanta Magazine,
29 Sep. 2025 -
The cactus appears in the Aztec codices and the name comes from a Nahuatl word that means a pot covered in spines.—
Eyder Peralta,
NPR,
28 Sep. 2025
Noun
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On paper, the Panthers do have one of the better backup running backs in football, with former Dallas Cowboys running back Rico Dowdle entering the fold this year coming off of an 1,000-yard rushing season of his own in 2024.—
Reice Shipley,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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Trevor Etienne and DeeJay Dallas are Carolina’s other running backs.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Vertebrae.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vertebrae. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.
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