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seam
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seam (sēm) a line of union.
osteoid seam  on the surface of a bone, the narrow region of newly formed organic matrix not yet mineralized.


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As we look at a world that seems to be coming apart at the seams, we remain a nation.
This inaccurate image of a society coming apart at the seams is used to frame the problem and to provide a contrast to the willingness of Britons to fight for that same society.
Yet at times - as witnessed in the urban riots beginning in 1965 - the nation seems to be coming apart at the seams.
 
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