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bone

[bohn] / boʊn /
NOUN
piece of animate skeleton
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The researchers wanted to determine whether consuming yeast beta-glucan could produce a form of lasting immune training by changing early immune cells in the bone marrow.

From Science Daily Aug. 22, 2026

But the growing capabilities of AI agents—and the speed at which the models powering them are evolving—give new meaning to working yourself to the bone.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 22, 2026

Vitamin D, meanwhile, is essential for bone health and supports muscle function.

From BBC Aug. 20, 2026

Following his 2005 breakout season, he was diagnosed with Müller-Weiss syndrome, which causes a malformation of the navicular bone in the midfoot.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 18, 2026

Carefully, slowly, Columbia pushed the bone toward Olaf’s circle.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen

Focaccia has become de facto sandwich bread or makeshift pizza crust elsewhere in Italy, but it tends to be bare bones in Genoa, where it has been made since the Middle Ages.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 23, 2026

She said in that announcement that it had "metastasised" to her bones following a diagnosis a year-and-half-ago, meaning it was "too late" for chemotherapy.

From BBC Aug. 22, 2026

Rather than relying only on the size, anatomy or presumed hunting abilities of extinct animals, researchers can use the marks left on bones to identify signs of actual feeding or attacks.

From Science Daily Aug. 19, 2026

Lindsey and Lynette Melvin told the news station they first thought they were digging up bones of a bighorn sheep until they came across the jawbone.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 19, 2026

There were chicken bones and chicken feathers and bits of yarn.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff

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

She logged thousands of miles on the road — she had ditched the BMW for a Ford F-150 pickup — and boned up on local issues, like broadband internet access and tick control.

From New York Times Dec. 31, 2022

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

At thirteen I was tall and large boned, with delusions of beauty and romance.

From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson

Per the film, this is a natural consequence of not boning up on your “Emily Post.”

From Salon Nov. 15, 2023

Long story short, it’s probably time for every American to start boning up on this stuff just in case they find themselves in a conversation with Hugh Hewitt.

From Slate Nov. 11, 2023

Della Donna started boning up on criminal law, talking to every criminal attorney she could find and eventually turning to UCI Law School.

From Seattle Times Oct. 20, 2023

“I bought a mannequin and new boning, then I took the dresses apart and combined them.”

From New York Times Jul. 29, 2021

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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