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Recent Examples of suture
Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 29 July 2024
This project investigates the design and use of miniature passive differential mechanisms, such as pulleys and links, as implants to attach the muscles and tendons in place of the direct suture.
—Evan Ackerman, IEEE Spectrum, 30 Mar. 2018
Jon Schuppe, NBC News, 19 Dec. 2024
And when Jay Rubin translated The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (1995), roughly 25,000 words were left on the cutting-room floor, while hefty structural changes were required to suture the remaining text together.
—Bailey Trela, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2024
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Verb
The weak spot is closed and strengthened with sutures (herniorrhaphy procedure) or synthetic mesh (hernioplasty procedure).23
Esophageal Myotomy
This procedure, also called Heller myotomy, treats achalasia, a motility disorder of the esophagus, caused by the lower esophageal sphincter.
—Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 29 July 2024
This project investigates the design and use of miniature passive differential mechanisms, such as pulleys and links, as implants to attach the muscles and tendons in place of the direct suture.
—Evan Ackerman, IEEE Spectrum, 30 Mar. 2018
Noun
Doctors still will need to practice sawing into bone and suturing muscles.
—Jon Schuppe, NBC News, 19 Dec. 2024
And when Jay Rubin translated The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (1995), roughly 25,000 words were left on the cutting-room floor, while hefty structural changes were required to suture the remaining text together.
—Bailey Trela, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for suture
Verb
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The two key advances were use of surgical microscopy and development of monofilament suture capable of stitching incredibly tiny blood vessels.—
Scott Lafee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 July 2025
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Terms of en-deal-ment Vietnamese garment factory workers stitch apparel at a factory in Ho Chi Minh City on April 3, 2025, after US President Donald Trump unveiled sweeping new tariffs on trading partners.—
Josephine Rozzelle,
CNBC,
3 July 2025
Noun
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The police can’t and won’t help, since there are no suspicious circumstances, and, in the richest seam that Ambrosioni explores, Jeanne looks for explanations, reflecting on their difficult family life and Suzanne’s bereavement, her husband having died some years before.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
10 July 2025
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Signs ‘Fawning’ Is Harming Your Career Or Relationships Dubose suggests that the helping, medical and mental health professions are bulging at the seams with fawners.—
Bryan Robinson,
Forbes.com,
9 July 2025
Noun
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Other locations are the Interstate 25 exit to Interstate 70; Interstate 225 over Smith Road; and the north abutment under the Buckley Road Bridge.—
Judith Kohler,
Denver Post,
4 July 2025
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The cars slid backward and would have dropped through the opening made by the raising to the abutment of the bridge if policemen had not attracted the attention of the bridge tender by firing their revolvers.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
14 May 2025
Noun
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Four rust-resistant stainless steel attachments are included with the gadget to dice, chop, and spiralize onions, potatoes, squash, tomatoes, and more.—
Alicia Geigel,
Southern Living,
7 July 2025
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This mirrors attachment theory seen in human relationships.—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 July 2025
Noun
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And too often, leaders mistake articulation for impact.—
Vibhas Ratanjee,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2025
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The earliest and clearest articulation of this argument came in a 1999 law review article by Scott E. Gant and Bruce G. Peabody, then a junior lawyer and a Ph.D. student, respectively.—
Louis Jacobson,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
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“Suture.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suture. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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