scaffold

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With this approach, they found that well before the genome fully activates -- a milestone known as Zygotic Genome Activation -- an elaborate 3D scaffold of DNA is already taking shape.

From Science Daily • Feb. 27, 2026

He said the type of silk the golden orb-web spiders produce to dangle - the "drag-line silk" was similar to the body's "scaffold".

From BBC • Feb. 10, 2026

Sir Thomas More on the scaffold of Tower Hill comforted his executioner and was reported by a witness to have repositioned his beard on the block, joking it had committed no treason.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 1, 2026

It is also home to restaurant chain Pizza Express – which has hung large banners on the scaffold to remind customers it is still open.

From BBC • Dec. 5, 2025

John walked over to the sofa, holding himself as proudly beneath his father’s furious eyes as a prince approaching the scaffold.

From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin