sinew(s)

noun

Definition of sinew(s)next
as in right hand

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  1. right hand
  2. spine
  3. backbone
Noun
  • Bruno Surace scored a shocking sixth-round KO win over Jaime Munguia on the strength of one powerful straight right hand.
    Brian Mazique, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024
  • Startled awake, mom discovers her son is shot As Givens snapped awake, her son Destin was screaming, his right hand bleeding.
    John Diedrich, USA TODAY, 14 Dec. 2024
Definition of right hand
Noun
  • With the spine getting hit, the nerves to the gastrointestinal system also are impacted.
    Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Dec. 2024
  • The hot, dry air that vents push out can also make pages and spines brittle and difficult to use.
    Rabekah Henderson, Southern Living, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of spine
Noun
  • And Threatens To Takeover Panama Canal • Microservices architecture • Containerized deployment and orchestration • CI/CD • Observability Cloud-native products and services were the backbone that enabled the transformation.
    Rajesh Rajagopalan, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
  • The backbone of this unexpected balance of peaks and valleys of the film would stem from Corbet and composer Daniel Blumberg‘s years of work prior to production on the film’s score.
    Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of backbone
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“Sinew(s).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sinew%28s%29. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.

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