bodies 1 of 2

plural of body
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as in masses
a distinct and separate portion of matter to the early explorers the Atlantic was a gigantic and forbidding body of water

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as in factions
a group of people acting together within a larger group feared that there was a body of extremists within the labor union

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bodies

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verb

present tense third-person singular of body

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Recent Examples of bodies
Noun
The places with the biggest insurance gaps are those where heavy precipitation flooding occurs away from large water bodies, said Jeremy Porter, the chief economist at First Street. — Michael Phillis, Arkansas Online, 30 Sep. 2026 The Case for Empowerment During Midlife In defense of proactive women, particularly those navigating midlife, having more information about what’s happening in their bodies can feel incredibly validating. — Cheryl Fenton, Flow Space, 29 Sep. 2026 Collaboration is a theme across the Durban FilmMart’s various strands, with the event forging a wide range of partnerships with industry bodies such as EAVE; the Nature, Environment and Wildlife Filmmakers (NEWF); the Cape Town Intl. — Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 29 Sep. 2026 Here, politics isn’t simply about governments, nationalism, and geopolitics, but about the mundane and the personal, existing in families and relationships, bodies and memories. — Vivienne Chow, ARTnews.com, 29 Sep. 2026 The places with the biggest insurance gaps are those where heavy precipitation flooding occurs away from large water bodies, said Jeremy Porter, the chief economist at First Street, a part of finance company MSCI. — ABC News, 29 Sep. 2026 The bodies were discovered days later after a neighbor noticed a foul odor coming from the home. — Sergio Candido, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026 The creation of independent oversight bodies always suggests that the owners can’t be trusted to do that on their own. — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026 Right now, this work may induce yawns, but as long-term exploration efforts of the moon and other bodies become both more serious and more varied, the complexity of mapping these worlds may increase. — Meghan Bartels, Space.com, 22 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bodies
Noun
  • Knowledge stored in model weights remains valuable, but it can be outdated, difficult to trace and the model may hallucinate.
    — Patrick Dajos, Forbes.com, 23 Sep. 2026
  • The piece itself is lightweight, but it can be filled with water or weights to stabilize it amid heavy winds.
    — Maggie Horton, PEOPLE, 22 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • The work could support future programs that require these materials in larger quantities.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Previous commitments to import certain quantities of goods, such as agricultural products, have not always been met in full, however.
    — Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • There are multiple factions with a variety of goals and assessments about the technology's promise, dangers and how it should be governed.
    — Katie McQue, NPR, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Various events bring together factions of a fashion industry that is acutely aware of the vastness of its environmental footprint and how little is being done to mitigate it.
    — Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 25 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Online networks’ native agents were bringing more adaptive systems to a changing art world, using tactics celebrated in their own communities but until recently taboo in the towers of high culture.
    — Simon Denny, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
  • The new 3rd District brings together Sacramento suburbs and rural communities in Nevada, El Dorado and Placer counties.
    — Haley Parsley, Sacbee.com, 1 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • And why do men feel more confident in their looks than women?
    — TheWeek, TheWeek, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Attempts by The Associated Press to reach the other men or their representatives have been unsuccessful.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 2 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • For big families or groups, there’s also a four-bedroom private villa.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Oct. 2026
  • The National Business Aviation Association and other aviation groups argue tax breaks help support jobs while spending millions lobbying to preserve their favorable treatment.
    — Mia Osmonbekov, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The dynamic between them essentially embodies the traditional animosity between the clubs.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 1 Oct. 2026
  • According to the company, for the new campaign, JC-T embodies the sleeker side of London style, one that’s modern, refined and individual.
    — Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 28 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • The cores can preserve physical and chemical evidence of geological processes that occurred over long periods.
    — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Their on-wafer 2D mesh fabric spans the entire surface of the wafer, letting any of its 900,000 AI cores talk to any other directly without data leaving the silicon.
    — Nandan Nayampally, Forbes.com, 28 Sep. 2026

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“Bodies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bodies. Accessed 3 Oct. 2026.

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