as in structure
the arrangement of parts that gives something its basic form
Native Americans covered the skeletons of their wigwams with bark, rush mats, or hides
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Recent Examples of skeleton
White also described a new chimaera — a type of animal related to sharks and rays, which have cartilaginous rather than bony skeletons.
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Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Mar. 2026
So finding d'Artagnan's skeleton is great.
—Eleanor Beardsley, NPR, 30 Mar. 2026
What skeletons did goalscorers Vivianne Miedema or Kerstin Casparij expose?
—Megan Feringa, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2026
Kites in a spectrum of colors and designs that ranged from sea creatures to skeletons soared above the grounds near the Washington Monument on Saturday.
—Pete Kiehart, Washington Post, 28 Mar. 2026
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Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Mar. 2026
So finding d'Artagnan's skeleton is great.
—Eleanor Beardsley, NPR, 30 Mar. 2026
What skeletons did goalscorers Vivianne Miedema or Kerstin Casparij expose?
—Megan Feringa, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2026
Kites in a spectrum of colors and designs that ranged from sea creatures to skeletons soared above the grounds near the Washington Monument on Saturday.
—Pete Kiehart, Washington Post, 28 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for skeleton
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The leader of the historic church in Downtown Dallas, Senior Pastor Robert Jeffress, vowed to rebuild the iconic structure.—
S.E. Jenkins,
CBS News,
31 Mar. 2026
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Architecture like this, which reveals its structure while producing its effects, can make a museum feel slightly more humane.—
Zachary Fine,
New Yorker,
31 Mar. 2026
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Potenza emphasized broader implications for mental health frameworks and future research directions.—
Crista Marchesseault,
Hartford Courant,
4 Apr. 2026
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The flight control software uses a modular publish-subscribe framework, allowing parallel data processing and making system expansion straightforward.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Warson had to do a lot of early scouting to not only equip the existing retreat space with camera options but to build the communal architecture needed for group scenes.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
3 Apr. 2026
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All Saints’ has hired architecture firm Perkins & Will to help develop the church’s master plan.—
Zachary Hansen,
AJC.com,
3 Apr. 2026
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“Skeleton.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skeleton. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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