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skeletal

[skel-i-tl] / ˈskɛl ɪ tl /


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Police have launched an investigation after suspected human skeletal remains were found in woodland by the A617 in Nottinghamshire.

From BBC • May 24, 2026

Kevin Young, the project’s lead manufacturing engineer, remembered thinking as he watched the skeletal frame disappear into the paint machine.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

Around 95% of the body's creatine is stored in skeletal muscle, while smaller amounts are found in the brain, heart and other organs.

From Science Daily • May 4, 2026

The viral video shows him carrying a bundle of skeletal remains wrapped in a sack to the bank and placing it outside the building's entrance.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

I try to get up, but skeletal hands burst through the wooden planks and hold me and Cocoa down.

From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas




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