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Recent Examples of suture
Sarah El Deeb, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2026 Treatment typically starts with clipping the fur around the injury, cleaning the area and, if needed, suturing the skin. —Miriam Fauzia, Dallas Morning News, 21 Jan. 2026
Thomas Page McBee, Travel + Leisure, 16 Sep. 2025 The group would have two minutes to make a small incision in the animal, set the tracker and suture the wound closed. —Jack Prator, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for suture
Verb
The surgeon sutured the wounds but knew the arm would have to be amputated. —Sarah El Deeb, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2026 Treatment typically starts with clipping the fur around the injury, cleaning the area and, if needed, suturing the skin. —Miriam Fauzia, Dallas Morning News, 21 Jan. 2026
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My top-surgery scars are tattooed over, the suture marks no longer visible. —Thomas Page McBee, Travel + Leisure, 16 Sep. 2025 The group would have two minutes to make a small incision in the animal, set the tracker and suture the wound closed. —Jack Prator, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for suture
Recent Examples of Synonyms for suture
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Cut and stitched in Arusha, 10 tents—including two family suites—form a horseshoe from the main area, each filled with wooden furnishings crafted by local carpenters.— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Apr. 2026
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Ong knew both companies, and so knew how to stitch the two together.— Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2026
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Kacey Musgraves kept her look simple in a white tank, dusty boots and jeans with studding along the outside seam.— Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 20 Apr. 2026
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The car also had a distinctive strip of tape on the passenger side where the rear bumper seam meets the quarter panel.— Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2026
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An autopsy report on the driver of a gasoline tanker truck that smashed into a light rail abutment along Yale Avenue in Denver on Thanksgiving shows the driver had alcohol and methamphetamine in his system.— Alan Gionet, CBS News, 4 Feb. 2026
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The substructure, or the portion that supports the deck where piers and abutments are located, is also in fair condition.— Gloria Casas, Chicago Tribune, 20 Jan. 2026
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And folks who already invested in the original Supersonic don’t have to worry about buying new attachments.— Victoria Song, The Verge, 21 Apr. 2026
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Letting your garden hose slowly drip in this area or attaching a misting attachment to your hose will create the perfect patch of mud for bees to use to build their nests.— Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Apr. 2026
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Ashley’s fear of abandonment has developed throughout the season; Austin’s articulation only puts a fine point on it, instead of deepening their relationship.— Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2026
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If Kimbangu’s articulation of a homegrown theology of Black liberation appealed to many Congolese in violent colonial times, now his message resonates differently as Congo faces instability stemming from a violent rebellion in the east.— Rodney Muhumuza, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026
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“Suture.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/thesaurus/suture. Accessed 28 Apr. 2026.
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