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Recent Examples of muscular Instead of endometrial tissue that grows outside the uterus, people with adenomyosis have endometrial tissue that grows into the muscular wall of the uterus. Heidi Cope, Health, 18 Feb. 2025 Mushers gather at trailheads and parking lots for long weekends of racing, with world-champion sprinters (often huge, muscular pointers with legs a mile long) competing alongside teams of purebred Siberians and assorted mutts. Blair Braverman, Outside Online, 18 Feb. 2025 Lenovo's muscular portable is built tough as nails and boasts some impressive components. K. Thor Jensen, PCMAG, 25 Feb. 2025 In that period, Palmer’s production has declined (three goals, zero assists), and primary striker Nicolas Jackson sustained a muscular injury that will keep him out of action until April. Elias Burke, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for muscular
Recent Examples of Synonyms for muscular
Adjective
  • That sentiment aligns with the WTA’s rebrand, which positions the tennis court not just as an athletic arena, but as a stage for high-stakes performance.
    Nick Remsen, Vogue, 1 Mar. 2025
  • Being an athletic tight end is very helpful in your upside case and overall translatability to the NFL.
    Steve Bradshaw, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • This results in a charge imbalance that builds up an electric field strong enough to trigger flashes of lightning.
    National Geographic, National Geographic, 13 Jan. 2023
  • According to research from Everytown for Gun Safety, a nonprofit that advocates for gun control, strong gun control laws are correlated with fewer gun deaths.
    Elliot Hughes, Journal Sentinel, 13 Jan. 2023
Adjective
  • In fact, aggressive stretching can increase instability, putting more strain on the joint that can lead to pain and injury.
    Dana Santas, CNN, 12 Mar. 2025
  • As Forbes previously reported, Flock has an aggressive expansion strategy, which has sometimes led it to risking breaches of the law.
    Thomas Brewster, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • The fruit is rich in vitamin C, potassium, magnesium, as well as antioxidants, and potassium.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 1 Mar. 2025
  • Their roster is rich with talented young players, including a terrific goaltender in Lukas Dostal, and there are signs that Anaheim is starting to figure it out.
    Carol Schram, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • The sprawling narrative spans three decades of post-war America, features a 15-minute intermission and excoriates the sinewy connections between creativity, exploitation and alienation.
    Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 17 Feb. 2025
  • No doubt Aston Martin hoped the shade, which adds a bit of metallic flake to the bright hue, would pop in photos—but to my eye, the brilliance actually results in many of the more sleek and sinewy details getting blown out.
    Michael Teo Van Runkle, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • However, to encounter Diane Von Furstenberg, her life, her fashion line, her accomplishments, is to experience an exhibition that belongs at the Skirball and speaks to that institution’s mandate, as a powerful expression of Jewish identity and culture.
    Tom Teicholz, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
  • The first night of Battles on The Voice featured some big moves, most notably John Legend and Adam Levine whipping out one of their most powerful tools as coaches: the save.
    Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 11 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Timing for Fertilizing Roses Healthy repeat-blooming roses require nearly year-round feeding from early spring to fall to remain vigorous and resist diseases.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 2 Mar. 2025
  • All have attractive foliage and most are vigorous spreaders, so keep that in mind when selecting a planting site.
    Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • As conflict between the Colonies and Great Britain grew increasingly likely, Rind steered the press toward more active engagement with political issues, offering a robust defense of the Colonies, says Karen A. Weyler, author of Empowering Words: Outsiders and Authorship in Early America.
    Alexandra Cox, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Mar. 2025
  • In the forties, when the Red Scare began in earnest, a robust federal workforce was still a new proposition, and not one that everyone in Washington was willing to concede.
    Beverly Gage, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025

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“Muscular.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/muscular. Accessed 15 Mar. 2025.

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