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skeletal

[skel-i-tl] / ˈskɛl ɪ tl /


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The designs, including silky dresses and billowing space-age black trousers like those worn by rock star David Bowie in the 1970s, were carefully fitted to the robots' skeletal frames.

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

The researchers examined ancient DNA, stable oxygen and strontium isotopes, and skeletal remains from the burials.

From Science Daily • May 19, 2026

"Even using soup cans or books as a form of resistance provides stimulus to skeletal muscles and could be used by individuals for whom other options are not feasible."

From Science Daily • May 12, 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

One second, there was nothing, and the next, a huge mouth opened before us, revealing the skeletal remains of whales and sea creatures even larger hanging within its mast-long teeth.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda




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