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How to pronounce skeletons in American English
“skeletons” pronunciation by American speakers
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reduced to near skeletons.
The Obama White House
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fish have skeletons just like humans do.
NASA
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And so they look at things like strontium and calcium in the coral skeletons.
USGS
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