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bones

  • plural
    of bone.
    bone
  • present tense form
    of bone (3rd person singular).
    bone

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Kate Wills, 51, has HER2-low metastatic breast cancer, which has spread to her bones and lungs.

From BBC Sep. 17, 2026

Det Ch Insp Mel Sutherland said forensic anthropologist Dr Micol Zuppello worked for several days to "painstakingly extract the body", with all but the tip of a toe and some small eye socket bones recovered.

From BBC Sep. 17, 2026

Instead, I picked around fish bones and stared at the mess I had made behind me.

From Salon Sep. 14, 2026

The hips-and-knee unit, which also makes instruments to repair bones and joints, had been a linchpin of J&J’s medical-device business.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 12, 2026

There were chicken bones and chicken feathers and bits of yarn.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff