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skeletal

[skel-i-tl] / ˈskɛl ɪ tl /


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The approach allowed scientists to capture tiny skeletal features and transform them into interactive three-dimensional models.

From Science Daily • Jun. 17, 2026

The skeletal data is used to recreate the match as it happens - similar to how semi-automated offside technology works.

From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026

Instead of targeting hunger, the experimental drug activates metabolism inside skeletal muscle.

From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2026

The designs, including silky dresses and billowing space-age black trousers like those worn by rock star David Bowie in the 1970s, were carefully fitted to the robots' skeletal frames.

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

—The window was the merest slit in the black rock, not big enough for a man to enter....A skeletal figure was just visible through it, curled beneath a blanket....Dead, or sleeping...?

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling




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