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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 faction
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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verb

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Recent Examples of body
Noun
Trillions of ghostly particles called neutrinos stream through our bodies every second, slipping past atoms without a trace. Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 2025 For Jamaica, how and where field event athletes can be better supported, and, for governing bodies, whether multiple medallists moving from one country to another at once sets another bad precedent. Liam Tharme, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
Yeah, Rocky definitely bodied that role, just brought a lot of energy to it. Will Dukes, Rolling Stone, 17 Aug. 2025 After it got bodied by The Studio in the nomination count, all the Emmy momentum is with the freshman Apple TV+ series. Joe Reid, Vulture, 25 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for body
Recent Examples of Synonyms for body
Noun
  • To maintain comparability, the weights assigned to these criteria have been held constant.
    Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
  • This happens when water in front of the tire builds up faster than the vehicle's weight can push water out of the way.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 13 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The gun is a popular rifle used to hunt bigger game and has a markedly different design and function than the modern semiautomatic assault rifles that have made headlines in high-profile mass shootings.
    Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Moments before the shooting, an audience member asked him how many recent mass shootings were conducted by transgender shooters.
    Zachary Folk, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Arafat led the Fatah movement and was the head of the Palestine Liberation Organization, a sometimes unwieldy umbrella group of various Palestinian factions, ranging from outright Marxist to avowedly Islamist and everything in between.
    Sean Durns, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
  • An escape plan is hatched, leading to a breaking of factions, betrayals, and a shocking confrontation.
    Billie Melissa, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The report generated concerted pushback from the scientific community.
    Ella Nilsen, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2025
  • An elevator connects all the different levels, with the high-altitude location offering sweeping views of the surrounding community, from downtown Boulder to the university campus to the surrounding Flatirons.
    Tori Latham, Robb Report, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Authorities are combing through video from the scene, including this video which appears to show a person on the roof immediately following the shooting, according to sources familiar with the ongoing investigation.
    Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Republican strategist Michael Biundo was among many to observe how confident Kirk was from the jump, how undaunted by being new to the scene and often the youngest person in the mix.
    Eric Cortellessa, Time, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Multiple White House officials arrived in their current jobs after working at Turning Point USA, the conservative outreach group that Kirk led and co-founded to energize Republicans on college campuses.
    Joey Garrison, USA Today, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Critics and rights groups argued that both the ban and the bill function as tools for censorship, threatening freedom of expression, press freedom and fundamental rights.
    Nir Kshetri, The Conversation, 14 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Even rich gentrifiers embody both use and exchange values.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Increasingly dismayed, Dudek hatched a plan that seemed to embody his mix of good intentions, hubris and melodrama.
    Eli Hager, ProPublica, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Kirk mused about writing a book on the core tenets of MAGA.
    Eric Cortellessa, Time, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Here’s how the S&P 500 might react, based on the core monthly inflation, according to JPMorgan.
    Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2025

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“Body.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/body. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.

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