as in structures
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 skeletons
The drawings represent snakes that swallow scenes played by skeletons.
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K. Desbouis, Artforum, 6 Feb. 2026
Among the city’s oldest institutions and one of the largest natural history museums in the American West, the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County is the place to see fantastical fossils and skeletons.
—Kathryn Romeyn, Travel + Leisure, 5 Feb. 2026
In this new study, Mitchell and his colleagues set out to investigate which imaging methods are best for detecting bone breaks in the birds’ delicate skeletons.
—Sarah Kuta, Popular Science, 4 Feb. 2026
Just published in The New England Journal of Medicine, scientists examined the remains of two Stone Age skeletons discovered in 1963.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 31 Jan. 2026
Iron is not a common biomineral in animal skeletons.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
The first floor also includes the Oakton Reading Room, several focus rooms, a huddle room for collaboration and tables featuring models of skeletons and more for the college’s extensive health curriculum, as well as staff offices and college archives.
—Elizabeth Owens-Schiele, Chicago Tribune, 22 Jan. 2026
The next Beckham documentary will have a lot more skeletons to contend with.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 20 Jan. 2026
Cue the Mayhem Ball, the pop star’s eighth concert tour, where Lady Gaga rises from a sand pit populated with skeletons, scales up a dress the size of a multi-story apartment building, and unravels the longest gown train a bride could ever dream of.
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 8 Jan. 2026
K. Desbouis, Artforum, 6 Feb. 2026
Among the city’s oldest institutions and one of the largest natural history museums in the American West, the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County is the place to see fantastical fossils and skeletons.
—Kathryn Romeyn, Travel + Leisure, 5 Feb. 2026
In this new study, Mitchell and his colleagues set out to investigate which imaging methods are best for detecting bone breaks in the birds’ delicate skeletons.
—Sarah Kuta, Popular Science, 4 Feb. 2026
Just published in The New England Journal of Medicine, scientists examined the remains of two Stone Age skeletons discovered in 1963.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 31 Jan. 2026
Iron is not a common biomineral in animal skeletons.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
The first floor also includes the Oakton Reading Room, several focus rooms, a huddle room for collaboration and tables featuring models of skeletons and more for the college’s extensive health curriculum, as well as staff offices and college archives.
—Elizabeth Owens-Schiele, Chicago Tribune, 22 Jan. 2026
The next Beckham documentary will have a lot more skeletons to contend with.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 20 Jan. 2026
Cue the Mayhem Ball, the pop star’s eighth concert tour, where Lady Gaga rises from a sand pit populated with skeletons, scales up a dress the size of a multi-story apartment building, and unravels the longest gown train a bride could ever dream of.
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 8 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for skeletons
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Yung said the structures were placed at depths of 15 feet when the lake was 8 feet low.—
Bryan Hendricks,
Arkansas Online,
15 Feb. 2026
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As many as 1,400 structures, including houses, were destroyed.—
Michael Collins,
USA Today,
14 Feb. 2026
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Under the frameworks announced, RTX will increase annual production of Tomahawks to more than 1,000, AMRAAMs to at least 1,900, and SM-6 to more than 500.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Feb. 2026
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For over 20 years, the South African artist has been one of the genre’s true workhorses, building up an intimidating discography under names like Echologist and Beat Pharmacy and applying the style’s pearlescent, pulsating aesthetic to a range of frameworks.—
Andrew Ryce,
Pitchfork,
6 Feb. 2026
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Modern satellite architectures are designed for frequent revisits or near-persistent coverage, allowing analysts to monitor the same location multiple times per hour.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Feb. 2026
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The emerging pattern includes architectures that route tasks to the simplest effective model, escalate only when necessary, and continuously balance accuracy with speed and cost.—
Abhas Ricky,
Fortune,
10 Feb. 2026
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