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bone

[bohn] / boʊn /
NOUN
piece of animate skeleton
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Utopia exists between the care and the kisses and the how you doin’s, it becomes flesh and bone in the embrace of full body hugs and smiles so wide they could devour the sun.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 11, 2026

Because existing therapies can have limitations and side effects, researchers are looking for new biological targets that could lead to more effective ways of preserving or rebuilding bone.

From Science Daily Sep. 9, 2026

Although this family of receptors is still not fully understood, the new findings suggest GPR133 is closely involved in the processes that build and maintain healthy bone.

From Science Daily Sep. 9, 2026

"She used this drive to make sense of ancient life through fragments of bone, bringing it to life once again," they said.

From BBC Sep. 7, 2026

I dropped my controller right onto my ankle bone and gave a humiliating squeak.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows

“In the wild wake of the digital revolution, the art culture niche might be struggling, but mass culture is just about dead. The Lucas is where the bones are buried.”

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2026

The preserved skeleton includes several major bones, making it unusually informative for a dinosaur of its kind.

From Science Daily Sep. 8, 2026

Around his neck hangs a trio of bells with clappers shaped like bones, indicating the being’s connection with the underworld.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 4, 2026

It was found on the same beach where Ireland's only dinosaur bones were discovered in the late 19th Century and the 1980s.

From BBC Sep. 4, 2026

She was old and tough but we ate every shred of meat and sucked on the bones until they fell apart in our mouths.

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff

Zeigen, who wears his hair shorn tight to his head, emphasizing his finely boned face and huge brown eyes, began by describing his mother.

From Salon Oct. 5, 2024

“I’m almost 6-feet-tall and big boned, we’ll call it. I don’t look like the people you see on TV,” she said.

From Seattle Times Apr. 19, 2023

Spencer’s Victorian-inspired gown was made with intricate floral lace and has long slightly-puffed sleeves, boned corset, high collar and several buttons.

From Fox News Jul. 25, 2021

Fiona said she boned up for the task by watching “one YouTube video that we didn’t even finish. We watched the first five minutes.”

From Washington Times Mar. 30, 2020

Small, delicately boned, she was fastidious about eyeliner and lipstick.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

You don't want a boning knife or a knife with a curved blade because you want to have as much contact as possible with your board in order to get the job done.

From Salon May 31, 2022

In most cases, animals are being harvested but there aren’t enough people to handle normal value-added processes such as boning, trimming and curing.

From Seattle Times Oct. 19, 2021

Garment underpinnings — corsetry boning, seams and darts — became external flourishes.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 6, 2020

“Everyone else was fiddling with chicken breasts and coriander, boning out quail and making food look like something it wasn’t,” she said.

From New York Times Feb. 18, 2020

Three other cooks were boning fish, while a spit boy turned a boar over the flames.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin




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