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Recent Examples of spinal cord
Signals from these receptors travel through peripheral nerves to the spinal cord and up to an area of the brain called the somatosensory cortex, which maintains a map of the body.
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Atom Sarkar, The Conversation, 27 Jan. 2026
No matter that Goetz had severed Cabey’s spinal cord and permanently paralyzed him from the waist down.
—Heather Ann Thompson, The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 2026
The gym recently hosted a spinal cord injury peer support group, along with free muscle therapy and recovery sessions with an occupational therapist that has over 20 years of experience.
—Alexa Stone
january 23, Kansas City Star, 23 Jan. 2026
These mutations disable proteins needed to take folate from the blood and carry it into the cerebrospinal fluid — the liquid that surrounds the spinal cord and the brain.
—Jon Hamilton, NPR, 22 Jan. 2026
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Atom Sarkar, The Conversation, 27 Jan. 2026
No matter that Goetz had severed Cabey’s spinal cord and permanently paralyzed him from the waist down.
—Heather Ann Thompson, The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 2026
The gym recently hosted a spinal cord injury peer support group, along with free muscle therapy and recovery sessions with an occupational therapist that has over 20 years of experience.
—Alexa Stone
january 23, Kansas City Star, 23 Jan. 2026
These mutations disable proteins needed to take folate from the blood and carry it into the cerebrospinal fluid — the liquid that surrounds the spinal cord and the brain.
—Jon Hamilton, NPR, 22 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spinal cord
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Another was almost certainly beheaded; the first vertebra of their spine was cut and there was a big cut mark on their lower jaw.—
Issy Ronald,
CNN Money,
4 Feb. 2026
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Nod your head, then imagine rolling through your spine, one vertebra at a time.—
Sherri Gordon,
Health,
13 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Lubesnik’s boss is one of those suits who hates loose cannons and talks about city hall being on his back.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
13 Feb. 2026
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Colmenarez said during his detention on April 16, 2013, he was forced to kneel down and place his head between his legs while the officers hit his back and neck, kicking and stepping on him with their military boots.—
Jay Weaver,
Miami Herald,
13 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The effect can ripple from your knees to your hips and up your spinal column.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Jan. 2026
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Williams then threw Azari into the arm of a couch, causing the infant to bounce and perhaps hit his head on the wall, and causing what a pathologist concluded were injuries consistent with the profound brain bleeding and spinal column fracture the physician found in an autopsy.—
Emerson Clarridge,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
22 Jan. 2026
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The remains included parts of the lower jaw, vertebral column, and pelvic girdle.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Nov. 2025
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Although many of its bones were unearthed from the Morrison Formation in Colorado in 2021-2022, its skull and parts of its vertebral column were missing, leaving scientists unsure of its precise length.—
Issy Ronald,
CNN Money,
25 June 2025
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“Spinal cord.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spinal%20cord. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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