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physical appearance

noun

: the way one looks
He's very proud of his physical appearance.

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Parton rose to be one of country music’s biggest stars in the 1970s in part by cultivating an extravagant, sexualized, working-class persona, typified by her flamboyant physical appearance that liberal writers proved incapable of understanding or taking seriously. Time, 6 Dec. 2025 Ariana Grande wants people to wait just a clock tick and reconsider before speaking about her physical appearance. Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025 Being sick, dealing with my changing physical appearance, trying to be a mom at the same time. MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2025 Kansas freshman guard Kohl Rosario changed his physical appearance dramatically on Tuesday, deciding to shave his trademark mustache prior to the Jayhawks’ nonconference basketball game against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi at Allen Fieldhouse. Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 12 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for physical appearance

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“Physical appearance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/physical%20appearance. Accessed 7 Dec. 2025.

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