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as in slender
having a noticeably small amount of body fat such that the bones are prominent in appearance
Her angular face emphasized her high cheekbones and strong jawline.
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as in jagged
having one or more angles
In the fading light, the rooftops formed angular silhouettes against the sky.
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Recent Examples of angular
Located in the Texas Panhandle region, the top, angular portion of the map that resembles the handle on a frying pan, Palo Duro is 24 miles from Amarillo.
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Jill Robbins, Southern Living, 13 June 2025
Sweeney topped it off with dark angular sunglasses, and her blonde hair in loose, blown out curls.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 4 June 2025
All of the millwork, including the angular staircase, was also done in collaboration with local carpenters and cabinet makers.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 10 June 2025
Styles have changed — at one point A Flock of Seagulls dispensed with the angular haircuts — but the synthesized beats remain.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 8 June 2025
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Jill Robbins, Southern Living, 13 June 2025
Sweeney topped it off with dark angular sunglasses, and her blonde hair in loose, blown out curls.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 4 June 2025
All of the millwork, including the angular staircase, was also done in collaboration with local carpenters and cabinet makers.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 10 June 2025
Styles have changed — at one point A Flock of Seagulls dispensed with the angular haircuts — but the synthesized beats remain.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 8 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for angular
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Nolan Traoré, France An intriguing but very slender point guard, the 6-3 teenager should be a first-rounder.—
Tim Reynolds,
Los Angeles Times,
25 June 2025
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Lively became mostly famous for, well, being Blake Lively: tall, slender, beautiful, and suspiciously perfect — a patron saint for the Instagram age.—
David Mack,
Rolling Stone,
10 June 2025
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While icebergs and rocky shorelines dominate the Antarctic coastline that cruise ships navigate, the heart of the continent is another world, one of shimmering blue ice tunnels and crevasses, jagged mountain peaks, and vast moonscapes.—
Chloe Berge,
Outside Online,
17 June 2025
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Sandwiched between the ocean and the Oregon Coast Range, U.S. Route 101 traces the state’s entire coastline, with wide beaches and jagged sea stacks on one side of the road and thickets of evergreen forest on the other.—
Chloe Arrojado,
AFAR Media,
17 June 2025
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Lift your hips off the ground and place a block underneath your sacrum, the widest, boniest part of your pelvis.—
Cory Martin,
Verywell Health,
16 Oct. 2024
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Differences in Adult Bones That being said, some adults are bonier than others.—
Sam Walters,
Discover Magazine,
3 Nov. 2023
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Its exterior is an awkward mashup of new and old ideas—the sharp roofline and giant windscreen give off the impression the car has been crushed—though its dual-color paint job and full-width headlights really work.—
Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
27 June 2025
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That’s how North Beach, the Miami Beach neighborhood that stands in sharp contrast to oft-electric South Beach, was usually described.—
Jeffrey Steele,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2025
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The water pressure then causes the vehicle to rise and slide on a thin layer of water between the tires and the road, making the driver lose control.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
18 June 2025
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Still, scientists have long struggled to account for where all of it is located since a large chunk of ordinary matter is spread so thin among galaxies and the vast spaces between them.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
18 June 2025
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What’s rising in the aftermath is a new breed of giving that is leaner, faster, and built on the principles of decentralization, distribution, and data.—
Alexander Puutio,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2025
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Men with aviator glasses and handlebar moustaches, leather jackets, jeans, or flannel walk down the street, lean against storefronts and lampposts.—
Hazlitt,
Hazlitt,
25 June 2025
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“Angular.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/angular. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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