skeleton

Example Sentences

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Access, basing rights, overflight permissions, maintenance, refueling and logistics are the skeleton of military power.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

At this point an archaeologist was called, who discovered the skeleton beneath where the altar table had stood 200 years ago.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

Anschutz owns the Home Depot Center, where the U.S. bobsled and skeleton teams train.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2026

Why is this ancient French skeleton sitting upright?

From MarketWatch • Mar. 23, 2026

The precise details of the model still needed to be worked out—the A:T and G:C pairs still needed to be placed inside the skeleton of the helix—but the nature of the breakthrough was clear.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee