skeleton
Example Sentences
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Many nations do not send athletes to it, while others take skeleton teams, shorn of their leading lights, whose winter focus instead lies on training for lucrative spring road races or prominent summer track opportunities.
From BBC
Only Philadelphia’s skeleton crew also lost to a weak Washington Commanders team.
In that instance, moss growth on a decomposing skeleton helped investigators estimate how long the individual had been dead.
From Science Daily
So far 58 skeletons, dating to the 6th or 7th Century, have been uncovered at the site.
From BBC
The second group of skeletons marks a major breakthrough.
From Science Daily
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
