exoskeletons

Definition of exoskeletonsnext
plural of exoskeleton

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Recent Examples of exoskeletons Recreational exoskeletons have been popping up for years, but the new IRMO M1 exoskeleton feels like a turning point. Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 17 Dec. 2025 After years of exoskeletons built primarily for medical, workforce and military applications, the recreational sport exoskeleton is really having its marketable moment. New Atlas, 3 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for exoskeletons
Noun
  • All seed pods and short stems can be removed if needed.
    Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Visitors taste the fruit from pods, watch the fermentation process and not only see how the beans transform but taste the finished product.
    Sandra Guzman, USA Today, 3 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • These are Chinese, of course, and are made by coating duck eggs in a paste of salt, wood ash, lime, and black tea and burying them among rice husks in huge ceramic jars for 100 days.
    Jeffrey Steingarten, Vogue, 5 Apr. 2026
  • How to Store Corn To store sweet corn effectively, Scott recommends leaving the husks on and placing the corn in your refrigerator's crisper drawer.
    SJ McShane, Martha Stewart, 3 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • These white threads are cloaked in sheaths of chitin — the same sugar polymer that forms the tough exoskeletons of beetles, crabs, and lobsters — and can be easily grown in flasks and Petri dishes.
    Big Think, Big Think, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Production quirks like volume and pitch changes, multiple beat switches, brash sonic redirections punctuated by everything from samples of glass shattering to synth stabs puncturing through sheaths of filters, make for a kind of chaotic symphony that feels deliriously of the moment.
    Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 25 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • By contrast, some considerably heavier origami-style folding kayaks have flat planing hulls, and are thus harder to keep going in a straight line.
    Ben Coxworth March 25, New Atlas, 25 Mar. 2026
  • An armada of steely clouds with coal-black hulls was scudding between the rims, while a wash of pale pigments played across the canyon walls in a way that was entirely unfamiliar to me.
    New York Times, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Officers also recovered spent shell casings from both locations, with a preliminary investigation indicating that the casings were consistent with ammunition found inside the vehicle, according to the release.
    Aurora Beacon-News, Chicago Tribune, 1 Apr. 2026
  • According to police, 25 shell casings were recovered.
    Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 1 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Researchers even uncovered pottery fragments among the shells.
    Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 4 Apr. 2026
  • But car-crash girls are, in fact, fierce in their attachments, devoted to the few people who can penetrate their hard shells.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Azulik Stepping inside Azulik feels nothing short of entering a liveable piece of art, its tangle of beach wood, stone, and concrete crafting spaces reminiscent of bird nests and cocoons across its 48-villa property.
    Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 10 Mar. 2026
  • By the time the wasp larvae spin their white rice-like cocoons, the caterpillar has suffered irreversible damage and can no longer damage your tomato crop.
    Barbara Gillette, The Spruce, 9 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The sturdy plastic housings resist fading and cracking and are brown in color to blend with most outdoor surfaces.
    Miles Walls, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Traditional outdoor TVs, with thick bezels and industrial housings, often disrupt that balance, becoming visual anchors rather than complements.
    Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 20 Jan. 2026

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“Exoskeletons.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exoskeletons. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.

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