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Adjective
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This upgrade eliminates the need for bulky recording hardware and minimizes disruptions caused by technical failures, a press release asserted.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
14 Mar. 2025 -
Equipped with bulky bodies, these dinosaurs also boasted long legs, short arms, and small heads with beaks.—
Sam Walters,
Discover Magazine,
14 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Set in 1987, Predator starts with Schwarzenegger's Dutch taking out guerrillas in the Central American jungle with his beefy battalion of soldiers — played by Carl Weathers, Jesse Ventura, Bill Duke, Sonny Landham, and future director of The Predator, Shane Black.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
7 Mar. 2025
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Municipal bonds are already beloved by high-income investors, but those seeking additional yield and beefier returns are reaching for a little more risk.—
Darla Mercado, CFP®,
CNBC,
20 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Tortellini are plump and tender after simmering in the sauce—no need to cook them before adding to the pan.—
Kimberly Holland,
Southern Living,
10 Mar. 2025
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Pre-soaked for easy use, each pad combines retinol and collagen for smoothing and added firmness, making your skin feel refreshed, plump and revitalized in one easy step.—
Maria Correa,
Miami Herald,
3 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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An hour ago, the stocky British actor best known on these shores for playing tough guys and gangsters was on a morning talk show, after having chatted with Jimmy Fallon the previous evening.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
22 Mar. 2025
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Cooper concluded that a megalodon would have been a stocky, powerful shark—measuring some 52 feet (16 meters) in length with a body mass of 67.86 tons—able to execute bursts of high speed to attack prey, much like the significantly smaller great white shark.—
Jennifer Ouellette,
Ars Technica,
9 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Bachelor host Jesse Palmer's cheeks are still sore after chubby bunny match with Grant Producers overestimated our interest in Carolina Seriously, guys?—
Kristen Baldwin,
EW.com,
11 Mar. 2025
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Like, a chubby little oddball from the country starring on Broadway.—
Shivani Vora,
Forbes,
20 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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While negative in tone, Morgan Stanley kept its overweight buy rating on Goldman.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
13 Mar. 2025
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Nearly two-thirds of active troops are now classified as overweight or obese.—
Steve Forbes,
Forbes,
11 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Its governor, Edward Jackson, was a close friend of the the Indiana Klan leader, D. C. Stephenson, a pudgy man with a reputation for high living, carousing, and trouble with the law.—
Tara McAndrew,
JSTOR Daily,
25 Jan. 2017
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Forget about his origins as a pudgy second-round pick whose selection was made during a Taco Bell commercial.—
John Hollinger,
The Athletic,
21 Nov. 2024
Adjective
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What are Cooking Greens, and What are the Best Ways to Make Them? New Zealand Spinach New Zealand spinach, according to Stewart, is a trailing plant that forms a mat of triangular soft fleshy foliage and is not the same as true spinach (they aren't even related!).—
Lauren Thomann,
Better Homes & Gardens,
8 Feb. 2025
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Unlike the stiff action cartoons that dominated ’80s TV, the moving realism of the ’90s here is meticulous: Æon’s and Trevor’s teeth vary in size, sharpness, and curvature; each stands out thanks to individualized shading; and their tongues are unmistakably, erotically fleshy.—
Eric Vilas-Boas,
Vulture,
8 Oct. 2024
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“Plumpish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plumpish. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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