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bones (up)

verb

present tense third-person singular of bone (up)

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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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Jamie Zeitzer, a professor of sleep medicine at Stanford University who studies circadian rhythms, said that sleep timing and regularity are in many ways as important for your health and well-being as the duration of your sleep.

— The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 July 2026
The weight of European security has been a decades-long debate, according to Ian Lesser, who studies the alliance for the German Marshall Fund in Brussels.

— Danielle Kurtzleben, NPR, 7 July 2026

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