as in muscular
having great physical strength, skill, or ability
She had always been athletic, playing multiple sports even as a child.
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Recent Examples of athletic
All home athletic events were canceled for the weekend.
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Quinn Clark, jsonline.com, 6 Sep. 2025
All home athletic events were canceled for the remainder of the weekend.
—Aaron Valdez, Cincinnati Enquirer, 6 Sep. 2025
Picture a scale that exists in any coach or athletic director’s mind.
—Noah White, Miami Herald, 6 Sep. 2025
At 6 feet and blessed with great athletic ability, Moore was a matchup nightmare.
—Doug Feinberg, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
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Quinn Clark, jsonline.com, 6 Sep. 2025
All home athletic events were canceled for the remainder of the weekend.
—Aaron Valdez, Cincinnati Enquirer, 6 Sep. 2025
Picture a scale that exists in any coach or athletic director’s mind.
—Noah White, Miami Herald, 6 Sep. 2025
At 6 feet and blessed with great athletic ability, Moore was a matchup nightmare.
—Doug Feinberg, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for athletic
Adjective
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The same can be said of Mescal, who’s already parlayed playing men of muscular physique and melancholy dispositions into above-the-title movie stardom.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
8 Sep. 2025
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The prose is ecstatic and freaky and muscular.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Lifestyle habit such as exercise and a healthy diet can help keep inflammation in check.—
Sarah Garone,
Health,
9 Sep. 2025
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Loneliness is the healthy emotion that nudges us to get off the couch and go be with people.—
Dev Patnaik,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Reese wants to skip through the rebuilding process, but doing so has already put Chicago in a position in which building a stronger talent base is going to be much more difficult.—
Sabreena Merchant,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
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Speaking to the crowd before the march, Eve Devitt, an Idaho human rights activist, said that LGBTQ+ history is built on fighting for rights, which makes the community stronger.—
Shannon Tyler,
Idaho Statesman,
6 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Success is fit to the work, not feature usage.—
Curt Steinhorst,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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The jeans have a draping effect without feeling bulky, and the high-rise fit helps keep my shape cinched in.—
Jeaneen Russell,
PEOPLE,
9 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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At each camp, the team leaves behind a small but powerful item, a red card that explains what to do during encounters with immigration officials.—
David Rodriguez Muñoz,
Freep.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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The powerful currents of flash floods can carry drivers off the road.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
7 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The age of decentralized and hybrid warfare demands a more agile and innovative Western response.—
Brian Walsh,
Fortune,
7 Sep. 2025
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These changes are about building a stronger, more connected, and agile organization that can deliver on our goals and compete at the highest level.—
Erik Hayden,
HollywoodReporter,
4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Strategies will remain flexible to adjust to changing fire behavior, terrain, and resource availability.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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By learning from nature’s most flexible swimmer, the octopus, researchers hope to overcome these challenges and make underwater machines more capable, adaptable, and sustainable.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Athletic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/athletic. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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