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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
Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 25 Nov. 2024
Such attributes have attracted engineers wishing to devise synthetic imitations to advance tissue engineering, drug delivery systems, surgical sutures, biodegradable packaging and biosensors.
—Barrett Klein, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Oct. 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 internal brace procedure repairs the UCL and then reinforces it with a tape-like suture instead of fixing it through a full reconstruction like Tommy John, which replaces the existing ligament with a graft usually taken from the pitcher’s hamstring tendon.
—Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 25 Nov. 2024
Such attributes have attracted engineers wishing to devise synthetic imitations to advance tissue engineering, drug delivery systems, surgical sutures, biodegradable packaging and biosensors.
—Barrett Klein, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for suture
Verb
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Every bag is hand-assembled and stitched, with every corner edge hand-painted five times.—
Tanya Benedicto Klich,
Forbes,
18 Feb. 2025
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The spacecraft commemorated the milestone by snapping some photos, a number of which Firefly stitched into a dramatic, 27-second-long time-lapse video.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
14 Feb. 2025
Noun
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When the nanny and the husband engage in an affair, the pregnant wife gets wise, and everything starts coming apart at the seams for all involved.—
Jordan Crucchiola,
Vulture,
13 Feb. 2025
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For the occasion Hailey wore a monochromatic ensemble consisting of a black sweater with a center seam and a pair of wide-leg trousers elongated with pointed-toe black boots.—
Marissa Muller,
WWD,
8 Feb. 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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The email, which gave employees until 11:59 p.m. ET Monday to respond, also requested that no classified information, links or attachments be part of responses.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA TODAY,
25 Feb. 2025
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Please do not send any classified information, links, or attachments.—
Matt Robison,
Newsweek,
25 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Past Art Jury comments have asked the developer to address the architectural articulation in apartment building and to reduce the massing and height.—
Karen Billing,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Feb. 2025
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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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“Suture.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suture. Accessed 6 Mar. 2025.
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