as in structure
the arrangement of parts that gives something its basic form
the rigid armature of a highly stratified society
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Recent Examples of armature
As for the armature of the cow, well, that might end up in Victor's and Pelton's yard, joining the rest of the menagerie.
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Phaedra Trethan, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2025
The 10mm dynamic driver handles lower frequencies but passes the higher frequencies over to the balanced armature driver.
—PCMAG, 14 Jan. 2025
And in the yard, there's a small menagerie of armatures, wireframes that form the base of sculptures: A manatee, a cow, an elephant, even a bear riding a motorcycle.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2025
The guest house, which looks onto the pool, is built with a trellis armature on one face of the building, where hydrangea vines are expected to grow over the coming years.
—David Foxley, Architectural Digest, 10 Jan. 2025
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Phaedra Trethan, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2025
The 10mm dynamic driver handles lower frequencies but passes the higher frequencies over to the balanced armature driver.
—PCMAG, 14 Jan. 2025
And in the yard, there's a small menagerie of armatures, wireframes that form the base of sculptures: A manatee, a cow, an elephant, even a bear riding a motorcycle.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2025
The guest house, which looks onto the pool, is built with a trellis armature on one face of the building, where hydrangea vines are expected to grow over the coming years.
—David Foxley, Architectural Digest, 10 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for armature
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Each block is meant to accommodate a building with ground-floor storefronts topped by either residential units or office space and each with its own parking structure.—
Jennifer Van Grove,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 May 2025
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The pair helped form OpenAI as a research lab in 2015, but Musk later had a public break with the project and has consistently criticized its structure and close alliance with Microsoft.—
Kate Rooney,Ashley Capoot,
CNBC,
29 May 2025
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CPAs are well versed in assisting clients in the establishment and improvement of controls and control frameworks, and the importance of controls around crypto is no different.—
Sean Stein Smith,
Forbes.com,
7 June 2025
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Apple software chief Craig Federighi implied as much last year at a panel discussion during WWDC, saying that Apple would like to add other AI models, especially for specific purposes, into its Apple Intelligence framework.—
Kif Leswing,
CNBC,
6 June 2025
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The painting of a colorful bouquet of assorted flowers is on the building of Schmidt Design Group, a landscape architecture and planning firm, at 1310 Rosecrans St. The completion of the mural was celebrated May 28 with a community reception.—
Madison Beveridge,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 June 2025
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This dual-control architecture supports set-and-forget automation and real-time interaction, depending on the user's preference. 5.—
Rhiannon Frater,
USA Today,
5 June 2025
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The source alleges that some production has continued since the strike broke out with a skeleton crew as the project seeks replacement workers to fill out what was once a roughly 35- to 40-person crew, depending on the day.—
Katie Kilkenny,
HollywoodReporter,
29 May 2025
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But what scientists know about the extinct creature has been almost entirely determined from fossil teeth—since paleontologists have yet to discover a complete megalodon, and the animals’ cartilaginous skeletons don’t preserve well.—
Margherita Bassi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
29 May 2025
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“Armature.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/armature. Accessed 11 Jun. 2025.
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