skeleton
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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
"I brought the skeleton to show that she had died."
From BBC • Apr. 29, 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
Instead, researchers relied on micro-CT scanning, which allowed them to visualize the full skeleton in just a few months.
From Science Daily • Apr. 1, 2026
Even with all those clothes on he looked like a skeleton.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
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Vocabulary lists containing skeleton
Life Science: Human Systems
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Life Science: Human Anatomy and Physiology
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