as in hunks
a physically attractive man
an iconic beefcake of Hollywood in the 1940s, he always appeared shirtless in at least one scene
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studs
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The companies that survive the next decade will be the ones that take themselves down to the studs, dismantling legacy processes, legacy org charts, legacy assumptions about how work gets done, and rebuilding as AI-native.—
Drew Cukor,
Fortune,
11 May 2026 -
The process was the shipbuilding equivalent of tearing a house down to the studs.—
Michael Ballaban,
CNN Money,
9 May 2026
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“Beefcakes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beefcakes. Accessed 18 May. 2026.
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