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Recent Examples of thorax
Meanwhile, moths, mantises, and cicadas gather auditory information from similar appendages on their thoraxes or abdomens.
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Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 16 Oct. 2025
The two X-rays of her Yorkshire Terrier's thorax fetched $576 at the auction.
—Sean Mandell, PEOPLE, 13 Oct. 2025
Each time, the caterpillars tucked their head and thorax downward and froze in the sphinx position.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 24 Aug. 2025
In Khao Yai National Park near Kong Kaeo Waterfall, for example, researchers found a robber fly attached to the bottom of a leaf with small flower-like growths protruding from its head, thorax and abdomen, earning the new fungus the name Ophiocordyceps floriformis.
—Miami Herald, 10 July 2025
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Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 16 Oct. 2025
The two X-rays of her Yorkshire Terrier's thorax fetched $576 at the auction.
—Sean Mandell, PEOPLE, 13 Oct. 2025
Each time, the caterpillars tucked their head and thorax downward and froze in the sphinx position.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 24 Aug. 2025
In Khao Yai National Park near Kong Kaeo Waterfall, for example, researchers found a robber fly attached to the bottom of a leaf with small flower-like growths protruding from its head, thorax and abdomen, earning the new fungus the name Ophiocordyceps floriformis.
—Miami Herald, 10 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for thorax
Noun
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The side stitch is a sharp, localized pain that comes on during exercise and occurs in the abdomen, typically below the rib cage, according to Hunter Carter, an exercise physiologist at Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City.—
Jenny McCoy,
SELF,
26 Mar. 2026
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Hernandez and another man walked to the hospital, where Hernandez was pronounced dead from a wound to the abdomen hours later.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
25 Mar. 2026
Noun
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This is a man who shows up at a bank with two dubious associates — the glowering, hair-trigger Sal (Moss-Bachrach) and, until his stomach gives out, the wobbling hot mess Ray-Ray (Christopher Sears) — and a bunch of guns.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
31 Mar. 2026
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Until the lava of the bird’s stomach melts her valiant resins, dissolves her nomadic strength, and transforms her into a viscous secretion.—
María Ospina,
The Dial,
31 Mar. 2026
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“Thorax.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thorax. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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