as in structure
the arrangement of parts that gives something its basic form
Native Americans covered the skeletons of their wigwams with bark, rush mats, or hides
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Recent Examples of skeleton
Last night provided at least a skeleton of an outline of what that looks like.
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Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 July 2025
So, within a day of Helene hitting the Carolinas, Team Rubicon was on the ground, with the filmmakers and their skeleton crew capturing it all.
—Angelique Jackson, Variety, 2 July 2025
However, the Shanidar skeletons have provided insight into Neanderthal life.
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 30 June 2025
Harper examined the baby and reviewed X-rays of his skeleton.
—Jessica Lussenhop, ProPublica, 30 June 2025
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Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 July 2025
So, within a day of Helene hitting the Carolinas, Team Rubicon was on the ground, with the filmmakers and their skeleton crew capturing it all.
—Angelique Jackson, Variety, 2 July 2025
However, the Shanidar skeletons have provided insight into Neanderthal life.
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 30 June 2025
Harper examined the baby and reviewed X-rays of his skeleton.
—Jessica Lussenhop, ProPublica, 30 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for skeleton
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However, in spite its lofty ambitions, the company never truly broke from the commission structure.—
Ilona Limonta-Volkova,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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And there’s still no stadium site and no stadium financing structure.—
Mike Bianchi,
The Orlando Sentinel,
15 July 2025
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Indeed, Trump hinted on multiple occasions that the framework for a trade deal with India is close to the finishing line.—
Mavis Mook,
CNBC,
25 July 2025
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The same walls, surveillance, and legal frameworks used to dispossess Palestinians can be deployed to a city near you.—
Tariq Habash,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 July 2025
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This presumably means sharing some information about the architecture with Congress and the public.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
23 July 2025
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There’s secular Tel Aviv, with its beaches and Bauhaus architecture, fine dining and brilliant museums.—
Michael Goldstein,
Forbes.com,
23 July 2025
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“Skeleton.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skeleton. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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