bones 1 of 2

plural of bone
1
as in die
a small cube marked on each side with one to six spots and usually played in pairs in various games the pirates decided their captives' fate with a toss of the bones

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as in heart
the seat of one's deepest thoughts and emotions I could feel in my bones that I had just met my future wife

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as in corpse
a dead body requested that his bones be buried in the country of his birth

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bones

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verb

present tense third-person singular of bone

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Noun
  • The card also has a thermal pad for interfacing with the GPU die, which changes phase from a solid to a liquid to support optimal heat exchange as temperatures increase.
    Michael Justin Allen Sexton, PC Magazine, 21 May 2025
  • But exactly why and how seeds age and die is something that scientists are still trying to understand.
    Katarina Zimmer, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 May 2025
Noun
  • All of our hearts are broken … our sadness is gut wrenching - there’s a hole, something is missing.
    Mitchell Willetts, Kansas City Star, 29 May 2025
  • Leadership wisdom is a combination of head, hunch and heart.
    Gregory Stebbins, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
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  • Aides played a propaganda video, and Trump held up a photograph of body bags which, according to Reuters, actually showed aid workers burying corpses in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
    Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 1 June 2025
  • When a young family member takes over the business, ethics go out the window as corpses are defiled, organs are sold, gold teeth are pulled, and people are maybe even murdered.
    K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 30 May 2025
Noun
  • Meals like beef tips over rice, hamburger steak with onions and gravy, and fried chicken and fish will fill your belly and bring you back to another time.
    Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 4 June 2025
  • First responders hoisted the victim out by helicopter, leaving them dangling at the end of a 150-foot rope from the aircraft’s belly, before landing and transferring them to an ambulance.
    Corey Buhay, Outside Online, 30 May 2025
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  • FedEx typically prohibits the shipping of animal carcasses except in certain circumstances, which might include getting pre-approval.
    Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 29 May 2025
  • Cleaning up the Environment Vultures fulfill the vital role of consuming carrion, or the carcasses of dead animals.
    Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 9 May 2025
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  • That said, extra points for having the guts to show a Chestburster gruesomely pop out of a young boy.
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 7 June 2025
  • However, the guts of the report indicate that fissures may be spreading, some economists warn.
    Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 6 June 2025
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  • One such soul was Madeline Buol (1902–1986), a devout Catholic and beauty shop owner living in Dubuque, IA, right across the Mississippi River from Dickeyville.
    Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 7 June 2025
  • Antonia Gentry as Ginny Miller Ginny is an artful soul who has internalized the chaos of her upbringing as the child of a loving, but lawless mother.
    Erin Jensen, USA Today, 6 June 2025
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  • Magnesium supplementation can reduce insulin resistance and improve blood glucose levels in people with type 2 diabetes.
    Ashley Wong, Health, 27 May 2025
  • Ellie doesn’t know that Joel killed Abby’s father until she’s already spilled a small army’s worth of blood in retaliation.
    Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 27 May 2025
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“Bones.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bones. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.

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