: having a body of a specified kind
—used in combination
full-bodied
glass-bodied
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Two or more able-bodied adults would move from monthly payments worth $650 to $1,155.
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Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Nov. 2025
Between 2017 and 2019, 62% of able-bodied adult SNAP recipients did not work, often due to caregiving duties or other barriers.
—Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
The plane also served as a popular wide-bodied passenger airplane after it was first flown in 1990.
—Amanda Jackson, CNN Money, 4 Nov. 2025
Far away, across the tops of the trees, is a group of dark-bodied, long-haired up-monkeys.
—Literary Hub, 3 Nov. 2025
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Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Nov. 2025
Between 2017 and 2019, 62% of able-bodied adult SNAP recipients did not work, often due to caregiving duties or other barriers.
—Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
The plane also served as a popular wide-bodied passenger airplane after it was first flown in 1990.
—Amanda Jackson, CNN Money, 4 Nov. 2025
Far away, across the tops of the trees, is a group of dark-bodied, long-haired up-monkeys.
—Literary Hub, 3 Nov. 2025
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“Bodied.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bodied. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.
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bodied
adjective
bod·ied
ˈbäd-ēd 
: having a body of a certain kind
—used in combination
long-bodied
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