Thesaurus results for BONED (UP)

boned (up)

verb

past tense of bone (up)

as in studied

to use the mind to acquire knowledge I suggest you bone up a bit on torts before the next attempt at the bar exam

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Emer’s research team studied more than 89,000 people in Milwaukee who were tested for lead exposure by age 6.

— Yona Gavino, Miami Herald, 27 Oct. 2026
Since landing on Mars back in 2021, Perseverance has observed, sampled and studied a wide variety of rocks, boulder fields, Martian slopes and more.

— Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 27 Oct. 2026

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The next day, the committee hashed over Zuckerberg’s stance and went over Meta’s analyst coverage and commentary, and the tightening of credit conditions for hyperscalers.

— Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026
The Bananas, who are a little bit like the Harlem Globetrotters of baseball, only with more flair, played in front of more than 2 million fans in 2025 and went over 3 million this year, including that six-figure crowd in College Station.

— Matt Young, Houston Chronicle, 16 Oct. 2026

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