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Recent Examples of big-boned
Speaking of big dude, the chair is rated for the big-boned as well.
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New Atlas, 5 Dec. 2025
Jean-Yves Thibaudet was the right guest in every way for the big-boned performance at the Huntington.
—Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2025
Many enduring genres crystallized in the mid-thirties—the screwball comedy, the grand-scale action adventure, big-boned literary adaptations, the modern musical (a template exemplified by the films of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers)—and all were illuminated and endorsed by Sennwald.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 7 May 2025
The last time Jez Butterworth and Sam Mendes rode into Broadway on the back of a big-boned new play, smothered in five-star reviews and Olivier awards, there were geese, and babies, and bunnies.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2024
New Atlas, 5 Dec. 2025
Jean-Yves Thibaudet was the right guest in every way for the big-boned performance at the Huntington.
—Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2025
Many enduring genres crystallized in the mid-thirties—the screwball comedy, the grand-scale action adventure, big-boned literary adaptations, the modern musical (a template exemplified by the films of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers)—and all were illuminated and endorsed by Sennwald.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 7 May 2025
The last time Jez Butterworth and Sam Mendes rode into Broadway on the back of a big-boned new play, smothered in five-star reviews and Olivier awards, there were geese, and babies, and bunnies.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for big-boned
Adjective
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The lanky right-hander hasn’t won since beating the Chicago White Sox 14-2 on Opening Day, a span of five starts.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
25 Apr. 2026
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The lanky right-hander hasn't won since beating the Chicago White Sox 14-2 on Opening Day, a span of five starts.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
25 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Dave Grohl faces the backlash with the leanest, meanest Foo Fighters album in 30 years.—
Stuart Berman,
Pitchfork,
25 Apr. 2026
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This could be more vegetables and more lean protein.—
Sheah Rarback,
Miami Herald,
24 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Could long, rangy Toledo safety Emmanuel McNeil-Warren be there to be the quarterback of the secondary for Hafley, who has a track record of coaching defensive backs?—
David Furones,
Sun Sentinel,
24 Apr. 2026
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Reese is a fast, rangy defender and tackler at the second level at linebacker.—
Pat Leonard,
New York Daily News,
24 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Originally introduced in 2012, the concept was a bestseller between 2014 and 2019 while skinny jeans were still on trend.—
Sarah Jones,
Footwear News,
29 Apr. 2026
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And skinny labeling, which amounts to a carve-out tactic, is one way that Congress attempted to foster more competition and benefit consumers.—
Ed Silverman,
STAT,
28 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Keep yards tidy—overgrowth, dead plants, and weedy driveways are neighborhood no-nos.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
16 Apr. 2026
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While Bermuda and Kikuyu are weedy if allowed to expand into adjacent planter beds, these are your best choices for areas meant exclusively for grass, at least where water conservation is concerned.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
4 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Some of these spiny perennials grow on the ground, while others grow tall on thin, wiry trunks.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
27 Apr. 2026
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In a back room, the director, a wiry man in his forties, fired off notes into a headset in Mandarin.—
Chang Che,
New Yorker,
25 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The smart developers realized that trees — even small, spindly ones — could add curb appeal to the suburban 3/2 cinderblock home that was the standard of the day.—
Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board,
The Orlando Sentinel,
25 Apr. 2026
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The young nymph is black with a red, upward-curving abdomen and lacks the wheel-like crest; they are sometimes confused with spiders because of their long, spindly legs.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
22 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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That reedy Vox Continental organ sound would re-emerge during the punk and New Wave era of the late 1970s and early ’80s with Joe King Carrasco and the Crowns and Elvis Costello and the Attractions.—
Hector Saldana,
San Antonio Express-News,
9 Mar. 2026
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At the Upper West Side outpost of the Strand, the actor is a reedy presence, his small figure buried in a large North Face winter jacket and topped with a shock of curly hair.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
20 Feb. 2026
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“Big-boned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/big-boned. Accessed 30 Apr. 2026.
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