as in obesity
the condition of having an excess of body fat
clothes for women who may be inclined to embonpoint but who still want to look stylish
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Noun
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Other studies have shown that children whose families have food insecurity are more likely to have obesity.—
Sherri Gordon,
Parents,
14 July 2025 -
The procedure isn’t cosmetic, and despite the buildup of fat, lipedema isn’t related to obesity.—
Francesca Gilbard,
NBC news,
10 July 2025
Noun
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This happens when water in front of the tire builds up faster than the vehicle's weight can push water out of the way.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
13 July 2025
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Therefore, the weight of the evidence shifted in favor of the market bulls and limits the market risk.—
Tom Aspray,
Forbes.com,
13 July 2025
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Whimsy was also the domain of the Colombian painter and sculptor Fernando Botero, whose signature was a race of voluptuously bloated figures — denizens, from priests to bullfighters, of an almost cartoonish world that, to him, had to do not with corpulence but with the sensuality of human life.—
William McDonald,
New York Times,
28 Dec. 2023
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His thick musculature having bloated into unhealthy corpulence, Maradona was hospitalized in Buenos Aires in April 2004 with what doctors described as a weakened heart and acute breathing problems.—
Jeré Longman,
New York Times,
25 Nov. 2020
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This ensures that the fats on the meat do not start to get warm and degrade the steak.—
Taylor Tobin,
Southern Living,
6 July 2025
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For example, on stage six, Healy’s breakfast demands are to consume 1,103 calories, including 225g of carbohydrate, 24g of protein, and 14g of fat.—
Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
12 July 2025
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“Embonpoint.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/embonpoint. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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