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skeleton

[skel-i-tn] / ˈskɛl ɪ tn /
NOUN
structure of bones in animate being or supports in an object
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Twenty-five years ago, I might have said you need to add an economic skeleton to your views.

From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026

A 120,000-year-old deer skeleton, also discovered in Germany, shows a spear wound where the pelvic bone was thinnest, suggesting that the hunter knew exactly where to aim.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

The team recovered teeth, a skull, jaws, and parts of the skeleton, including a femur and an ulna.

From Science Daily • Apr. 27, 2026

Bowser gets turned into a skeleton version of himself.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

Nor is the absence of fractures and cuts on an ancient skeleton conclusive proof that the person to whom the skeleton belonged did not die a violent death.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari




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