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Recent Examples of anorexic
Along with icons of anorexic saints, my childhood home was a place of books.
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Eliza Griswold, New Yorker, 19 Apr. 2025
At once too frigid and too promiscuous within the terms of early psychoanalysis, the anorexic woman’s appetites (or lack thereof) were a threat to the cultural order.
—Anna Shechtman, Harper's Magazine, 2 Mar. 2024
From much of the plaza, yet another anorexic supertall for squillionaires, rising at 29th Street, now blots it out.
—Michael Kimmelman, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2023
The anorexic girl is a victim of improper consumption.
—Anna Shechtman, The New Yorker, 20 Dec. 2021
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Eliza Griswold, New Yorker, 19 Apr. 2025
At once too frigid and too promiscuous within the terms of early psychoanalysis, the anorexic woman’s appetites (or lack thereof) were a threat to the cultural order.
—Anna Shechtman, Harper's Magazine, 2 Mar. 2024
From much of the plaza, yet another anorexic supertall for squillionaires, rising at 29th Street, now blots it out.
—Michael Kimmelman, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2023
The anorexic girl is a victim of improper consumption.
—Anna Shechtman, The New Yorker, 20 Dec. 2021
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for anorexic
Adjective
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Beyond that, signs' late and early parts are called anorectic and critical degrees.—
Lisa Stardust,
People.com,
22 Oct. 2024
Adjective
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For the last several months, wildlife experts have been alarmed by a large influx of dead and emaciated seabirds washing up on California beaches.—
Lila Seidman,
Los Angeles Times,
18 May 2026
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Out of 10 sloths that arrived from Peru in February 2025, two were dead on arrival, and the remainder were emaciated and in very poor health, the report stated.—
Julia Gomez,
USA Today,
6 May 2026
Adjective
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Brig is in the Upper Valais, a gaunt and conservative place where the inhabitants speak Walliser German, an Alpine dialect that many Swiss people find unintelligible.—
Sam Knight,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
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Gilbert, now imprisoned at Clinton Correctional Facility in upstate New York, appeared gaunt and withdrawn during the interview, at times mumbling short responses before abruptly cutting the conversation short.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
27 May 2026
Adjective
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The farmer alerted authorities, who found a shallow grave containing partial skeletal remains.—
Saleen Martin,
USA Today,
8 June 2026
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But vacant lots abound, filled with weeds and wildflowers and the skeletal frames of homes.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
7 June 2026
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Rocking back and forth nervously during a television appearance, a haggard-looking Diaz-Canel acknowledged the same talks, which his government had denied were taking place just days before.—
Patrick Oppmann,
CNN Money,
22 Mar. 2026
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Wrexham, meanwhile, was near the bottom, struggling in England’s lowest division under a haggard fan-ownership group keeping it on life support.—
Justin Birnbaum,
Sportico.com,
6 Mar. 2026
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Their first statement signing to launch the project was the €42m purchase of the lanky and languorous Argentine playmaker.—
James Horncastle,
New York Times,
2 June 2026
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The Bruins’ lanky center fielder, who was suspended for Friday’s game, came home when Call – a platoon second baseman to begin the year who started in center field on Friday – lined his second hit of the game to left.—
Josh Gross,
Daily News,
31 May 2026
Adjective
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Because most home compost bins don't reach a high enough temperature to kill pathogens or seeds, don't add grass clippings from a diseased or weedy lawn.—
Megan Hughes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
21 May 2026
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Cypress vine self-seeds and can become weedy.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
17 May 2026
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Die große Nacht im Eimer (The Big Night Down the Drain), made that year, depicts a figure of indiscernible age with a cadaverous pallor and yellow splotches, brandishing an oversized phallus beneath a soot-black veil.—
Tessa Solomon,
ARTnews.com,
30 Apr. 2026
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As the hulking creature, the Australian star appears to have pale, cadaverous skin with lacerations across it and long, stringy hair.—
Jack Smart,
PEOPLE,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Anorexic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anorexic. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.
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