skeletal
Example Sentences
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Bone and skeletal injuries are a major cause of long-term disability around the world.
From Science Daily • Mar. 7, 2026
Now the creatures' skeletal remains appear to have been found in an Iron Age dig near Cordoba.
From BBC • Feb. 16, 2026
The skeletal “Drum n Bass” is filled with lines about needing to seem tough when the outside world required it.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 10, 2026
The study was published Dec. 15 in "Structural basis for simvastatin-induced skeletal muscle weakness associated with RyR1 T4709M mutation," in the Journal of Clinical Investigation.
From Science Daily • Jan. 14, 2026
I followed one of the walkways and explored the skeletal remains of a forgotten civilization.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
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