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Recent Examples of suture
Kayla Greaves, Essence, 26 Sep. 2024
That’s because a repair involves suturing the tear.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024
Colleen Doherty, Verywell Health, 30 Sep. 2024
The injuries required sutures and stitches, documents said.
—Kimmy Yam, NBC News, 20 Sep. 2024
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Verb
But how well that scar heals is largely based on your doctor’s suturing technique.
—Kayla Greaves, Essence, 26 Sep. 2024
That’s because a repair involves suturing the tear.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024
Noun
The breastbone is then sewn back together with small wires, and the muscles and skin on the chest wall are closed with sutures.
—Colleen Doherty, Verywell Health, 30 Sep. 2024
The injuries required sutures and stitches, documents said.
—Kimmy Yam, NBC News, 20 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for suture
Verb
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And then the other [you, Sue] has to stitch your spine again and take care of it.—
Chris O'Falt,
IndieWire,
10 Feb. 2025
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Only now, those pieces are stitched, stamped, and embroidered, because there’s more than one way to put a personal spin on wardrobe staples.—
Olivia Allen,
Vogue,
5 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Dati even adjusted the shoulders of Demna’s T-shirt, which gaped open at some seams, and exalted his many arm tattoos, including one of the Eiffel Tower.—
Miles Socha,
WWD,
28 Jan. 2025
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Getty Images By 9 p.m., the streets were bursting at the seams.—
Liam Hess,
Vogue,
20 Jan. 2025
Noun
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So far, as Yon reports, there are only abutments, but soon there will be a span over water.—
Kevin Lynn,
Newsweek,
6 Jan. 2025
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An abutment, or a connecting structure, is placed on top of or built into the implant to connect it to the replacement tooth (called a crown).—
Laura Schober,
Health,
1 Aug. 2024
Noun
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This means that extras like roller attachments aren’t always parallel with the counter, causing pasta sheets to roll out unevenly and snag easily.—
Jesse Raub,
Bon Appétit,
11 Feb. 2025
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Add the salt and egg whites, fit the mixer with a whisk attachment, and turn it to medium speed (6 on a KitchenAid).—
Martin Sorge,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Pixar introduced new articulation tools for more expressive characters and more colorful and intricate environments inside Riley’s mind.—
Bill Desowitz,
IndieWire,
10 Feb. 2025
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The work of an artist has always been a practice of articulation—transmuting one’s innermost imagination and ideas into the external world.—
Nia Shumake,
Essence,
3 Feb. 2025
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“Suture.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suture. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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