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as in devices
a habitual attraction to some activity or thing
he hasn't a competitive bone in his body
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as in heart
usually bones plural
the seat of one's deepest thoughts and emotions
I could feel in my bones that I had just met my future wife
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as in damn
to a great degree
grew up in a backwoods area that was bone poor
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as in to dress
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Recent Examples of bone
Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 13 Feb. 2025
Repeated chewing on misaligned synthetic teeth can cause damage to the jaw bone and eventually cause the implants to fail.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 7 Feb. 2025
Shelly Hagan, Bloomberg.com, 5 May 2020
Late at night in November 2011, Ted Flores was coming home from running errands in Highland, Ind., when a car T-boned his at an intersection.
—Washington Post, 23 Dec. 2019
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Noun
Weta also worked through the complexities of transforming Ross into Red Hulk, including bones breaking, reforming, driving under the skin, vein detail, and clothes ripping and disintegrating.
—Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 13 Feb. 2025
Repeated chewing on misaligned synthetic teeth can cause damage to the jaw bone and eventually cause the implants to fail.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 7 Feb. 2025
Verb
To ensure the essential supply of chicken for Canadians across the country, the poultry industry as a whole is shifting away from de-boning chicken legs to increase their production capacity.
—Shelly Hagan, Bloomberg.com, 5 May 2020
Late at night in November 2011, Ted Flores was coming home from running errands in Highland, Ind., when a car T-boned his at an intersection.
—Washington Post, 23 Dec. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bone
Noun
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The combination of IoT and AI enables connected devices to collect, analyze and act on data in real-time.—
Rahul Saluja,
Forbes,
26 Dec. 2024
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Just in time for Christmas, certain members of Congress are hard at work in their policy shops, fashioning a massive lump of cybersecurity coal with which to gift American users of electronic devices.—
David Williams,
National Review,
26 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Monday’s victory was only a month and a week removed from one of the more embarrassing losses of the Knicks season, an NBA Cup quarterfinal loss Young punctuated by rolling a set of imaginary die on The Garden’s center-court logo.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
21 Jan. 2025
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Chips will have between 10 and 24 cores and do not have memory on the die.—
Christopher Null,
WIRED,
7 Jan. 2025
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In the death chamber, Sigmon will be strapped to a chair and have a hood over his head and a target over his heart.—
Landon Mion,
Fox News,
22 Feb. 2025
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In late January, an EKG and check-up showed his heart was operating normally.—
Kerry Breen,
CBS News,
22 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Based on the thousands of dollars past Archival Series releases are selling for on the secondary market, this whisky will likely turn out to be another collector’s item.—
Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
23 Feb. 2025
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Some Hamptons workers who are in the country legally have spent tens of thousands of dollars to file immigration paperwork but are afraid that they might be harassed or detained regardless of their status.—
Dionne Searcey,
New York Times,
23 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The final moments of the episode see Misty (Christina Ricci) log into the citizen detective message boards to find a surveillance photo of Lottie’s corpse.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
28 Feb. 2025
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Brittany Cole, 37, of Zanesville pleaded guilty Feb. 26 to charges of murder and abuse of a corpse and was immediately sentenced to life in prison, according to a news release from the Muskingum County Prosecutor’s Office.—
Lauren Liebhaber,
Kansas City Star,
27 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Seated along the sidewalk outside Cafe Tropical, the singer, dressed in dark-wash denim and kitten heels, orders a Diet Coke and a trio of the Cuban cafe’s signature pastelitos.—
Cerys Davies,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Feb. 2025
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In the studio, Prieto, dressed in a white guayabera and jeans, surveyed the image.—
Stephania Taladrid,
The New Yorker,
27 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Regardless of one’s political affiliation or inclinations, now is the time to institutionalize sweeping changes in public management.—
Jerry Haar,
Baltimore Sun,
19 Feb. 2025
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The vast majority of this content is just a few taps of a remote control away on Paramount+, but that doesn't mean everyone has the time — or the inclination — to work through key episodes, just to fill in some gaps in a character's backstory.—
Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
17 Feb. 2025
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This inflates your belly with gas, giving them a better view inside.—
Joy Emeh,
Health,
15 Feb. 2025
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These geckos have slender bodies, large eyes, and distinct coloring, with males displaying a bright yellow belly.—
Stories by Real-Time news team, with AI summarization,
Miami Herald,
14 Feb. 2025
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“Bone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bone. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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