as in structure
the arrangement of parts that gives something its basic form the rigid armature of a highly stratified society

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Recent Examples of armature As for the armature of the cow, well, that might end up in Victor's and Pelton's yard, joining the rest of the menagerie. Phaedra Trethan, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2025 The 10mm dynamic driver handles lower frequencies but passes the higher frequencies over to the balanced armature driver. PCMAG, 14 Jan. 2025 And in the yard, there's a small menagerie of armatures, wireframes that form the base of sculptures: A manatee, a cow, an elephant, even a bear riding a motorcycle. Phaedra Trethan, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2025 The guest house, which looks onto the pool, is built with a trellis armature on one face of the building, where hydrangea vines are expected to grow over the coming years. David Foxley, Architectural Digest, 10 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for armature
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Noun
  • Officials said the blaze threatened structures in Ocean and Lacey Townships.
    Jon Haworth, ABC News, 23 Apr. 2025
  • Damage from high winds and hail can affect vehicles, structures, and agricultural operations.
    Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • What inspired you to use Trevisani as a framework for your story?
    Deborah Treisman, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2025
  • The Trump administration has outlined a two-month framework to reach a deal with Iran, John Hannah, a senior fellow at JINSA, said during a briefing about Iran’s nuclear weapons program Thursday.
    Benjamin Weinthal, FOXNews.com, 19 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • This hectic oddness undergirds the conspiracy theories and wild extrapolations that course through the film and provides the rickety intellectual architecture for Dr. J.’s mercenary speculations.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2025
  • The architecture ensures consistent performance globally while maintaining the censorship resistance that makes Web3 valuable.
    Sean Lee, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • This early version skeleton for Graham was inspired by the stabbings of two young girls in the U.K., one of them in his hometown of Liverpool.
    Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Excavations at a cave on the island of Malta have uncovered stone tools, cooking site and animal skeletons from 8,500 years ago — 1,000 years before the first farmers arrived on the island, according to findings published in the journal Nature.
    Saul Elbein, The Hill, 9 Apr. 2025

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“Armature.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/armature. Accessed 27 Apr. 2025.

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