as in structure
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 skeleton
Franco’s story could easily have been the skeleton for a lurid erotic thriller about a possessive rich American woman claiming ownership of a Mexican boy toy a decade or more younger than her.
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David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Feb. 2025
His process resembles something like a paleontologist at a dig site hunting for fossil-frags to assemble into a full skeleton.
—Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 26 Feb. 2025
So there’s a lot of skeletons in the Mullen closet, and Alex has quite a lot of resentment towards her father for a lot of it and quite a lot of resentment towards her mother for sticking with her father.
—Max Gao, Variety, 22 Feb. 2025
In 2018, workers building a new sewage tunnel along the riverbank discovered an intact 500-year-old skeleton with leather boots still on its feet.
—Alexander Nazaryan, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2025
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David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Feb. 2025
His process resembles something like a paleontologist at a dig site hunting for fossil-frags to assemble into a full skeleton.
—Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 26 Feb. 2025
So there’s a lot of skeletons in the Mullen closet, and Alex has quite a lot of resentment towards her father for a lot of it and quite a lot of resentment towards her mother for sticking with her father.
—Max Gao, Variety, 22 Feb. 2025
In 2018, workers building a new sewage tunnel along the riverbank discovered an intact 500-year-old skeleton with leather boots still on its feet.
—Alexander Nazaryan, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for skeleton
Noun
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From this mycelial mass, long, spore-producing structures called synnemata emerge, giving the corpse a ghostly, webbed appearance, according to a January 2025 study published in Fungal Systematics and Evolution.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes,
6 Mar. 2025
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Keep a distance from tall, solitary trees or other elevated structures.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacramento Bee,
6 Mar. 2025
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The first is building the NYC Affordability Fund: This fund, operating within the ETI framework of our pension system, will strategically invest in affordable housing projects across our five boroughs — improving existing units and constructing new ones.—
Mark Levine,
New York Daily News,
15 Mar. 2025
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What’s been your experience in applying this framework to your own life and work?—
Lisa Deaderick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Mar. 2025
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Alexandros Washburn, former New York City Chief of Urban Design, headed the campaign, which is funded by the Washington, D.C. nonprofit National Civic Art Society (NCAS), which advocates for classical architecture in federal buildings.—
Francesca Aton,
ARTnews.com,
13 Mar. 2025
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So our focus out of the gate has been on resiliency of our architectures.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
13 Mar. 2025
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“Skeleton.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skeleton. Accessed 19 Mar. 2025.
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