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Recent Examples of suture
Bailey Trela, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2024
If the body has suffered an injury, Sweeney will suture the wound together, then use mortuary wax and cosmetics to smooth it over.
—Mike Winters,gene Kim, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2024
Amy Paturel, Discover Magazine, 22 Apr. 2025
The doctor who treated June pulls her aside, ostensibly to check her sutures but really to whisper her that Serena is a war criminal traveling under false papers, and an official is on the way to come get her.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 8 Apr. 2025
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Verb
And when Jay Rubin translated The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (1995), roughly 25,000 words were left on the cutting-room floor, while hefty structural changes were required to suture the remaining text together.
—Bailey Trela, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2024
If the body has suffered an injury, Sweeney will suture the wound together, then use mortuary wax and cosmetics to smooth it over.
—Mike Winters,gene Kim, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2024
Noun
When Kaplan became interested in the medical properties of silk, the research was relatively sparse, restricted to silk sutures.
—Amy Paturel, Discover Magazine, 22 Apr. 2025
The doctor who treated June pulls her aside, ostensibly to check her sutures but really to whisper her that Serena is a war criminal traveling under false papers, and an official is on the way to come get her.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 8 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for suture
Verb
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A week later, Tracy took the jerseys to a local embroidery shop to have the family’s last name stitched onto the back.—
Sam McDowell,
Kansas City Star,
4 June 2025
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So a specialist went in and grafted skin off the roof of my mouth and stitched it in over the receding gum lines.—
Scott Kramer,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
Noun
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Another, a process called slip lasting, allowed for the upper to be constructed with single seams and steaming to enable greater flexibility.—
Ian Servantes,
Footwear News,
6 June 2025
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Honey wears stockings with seams and uses a rolodex even though her assistant (Gabby Beans) offers to digitize her operation.—
Esther Zuckerman,
IndieWire,
23 May 2025
Noun
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The cars slid backward and would have dropped through the opening made by the raising to the abutment of the bridge if policemen had not attracted the attention of the bridge tender by firing their revolvers.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
14 May 2025
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So far, as Yon reports, there are only abutments, but soon there will be a span over water.—
Kevin Lynn,
Newsweek,
6 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The device includes attachments such as a dust brush and a crevice tool, meaning it can be used for cleaning upholstery and stairs, along with getting into nooks and crannies.—
Toni Sutton,
People.com,
13 June 2025
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Food processors are mainly used for dry ingredients, as they are best suited for chopping, shredding, grating and mixing ingredients, often featuring several blade attachment options.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
12 June 2025
Noun
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Visually, the game strikes a distinct aesthetic that blends afro-surrealism with many of the animation styles of traditional anime, finding a balance that feels like a necessary articulation of a piece of hip-hop culture.—
Jeff Ihaza,
Rolling Stone,
7 June 2025
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This includes pushing schemes such as 2 + 1 articulation programs where students are able to begin their studies in China for two years and complete the final year in the U.K. Other avenues to attract talent include offering financial incentives such as scholarships, Sivarajah added.—
Sawdah Bhaimiya,
CNBC,
30 May 2025
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“Suture.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suture. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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