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skeletal

[skel-i-tl] / ˈskɛl ɪ tl /


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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 researchers examined ancient DNA, stable oxygen and strontium isotopes, and skeletal remains from the burials.

From Science Daily • May 19, 2026

Keenan had suffered rhabdomyolysis, a life-threatening medical emergency caused by rapid, extensive skeletal muscle breakdown, which can be brought on by extreme exertion.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

Kevin Young, the project’s lead manufacturing engineer, remembered thinking as he watched the skeletal frame disappear into the paint machine.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

Her skeletal hands had only the thinnest papery layer of skin.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan




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