brunts

noun

plural of brunt
as in weights
the main or greater part of something as distinguished from its subordinate parts the brunt of the responsibility fell on her shoulders

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  1. weights
  2. bodies
  3. cores
  4. staples
Noun
  • Keep a tight core, a straight back and a slight bend in your knees, with the weights hanging straight down, palms facing one another.
    — Sarah Stiefvater, Flow Space, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Steered models deleted their own weights 75% of the time and another model’s weights 58% of the time.
    — Shae Lake, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of weights
Noun
  • This magical thinking has extended into her current practice, which can feel both haunted by invisible bodies and animated by our own living and breathing ones.
    — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 27 Oct. 2026
  • In August 2026, investigators discovered 55 bodies in various states of decomposition inside South Chicago Chapel.
    — Dave Savini, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of bodies
Noun
  • For that, the Atlas 8 provides Arc B390 graphics with 12 Xe3 GPU cores, paired with 24GB of LPDDR5x RAM.
    — Jess Weatherbed, The Verge, 27 Oct. 2026
  • That's a six-core CPU with two performance cores and four efficiency cores, paired with a five-core GPU that also supports ray tracing.
    — Joe Osborne, PC Magazine, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of cores
Noun
  • Over the years, his wardrobe has moved between sharp tailoring, sporty staples, and collegiate influences, with shell jackets, fleeces, wide-legged trousers, and oversized silhouettes all making regular appearances.
    — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2026
  • South Area Market Inside this small market there are shelves of snacks and staples from Southeast Asia.
    — Anne Ewbank, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of staples
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