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Recent Examples of chunkiness
Here, the nude color smartly offsets the chunkiness of the platform, making the legs look miles long.
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Shelby Comroe, InStyle, 10 Jan. 2026
Project Cloud Nita Platform Sneakers Despite their chunkiness, the platforms are super lightweight and stable, thanks to a grippy non-slip rubber sole.
—Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 25 Oct. 2025
Shelby Comroe, InStyle, 10 Jan. 2026
Project Cloud Nita Platform Sneakers Despite their chunkiness, the platforms are super lightweight and stable, thanks to a grippy non-slip rubber sole.
—Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 25 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chunkiness
Noun
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Sometimes, depending upon a patient’s anatomy, fat in the surrounding area will be removed to enhance the result, helping to alleviate heaviness and hooding of the eyes.—
Taryn Brooke,
Allure,
9 Apr. 2026
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Layering your curls helps avoid any heaviness.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
1 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Use daily for improvement in the look of smile lines, forehead wrinkles, marionette lines, skin hydration, skin elasticity, volume and plumpness.—
Tory Johnson,
ABC News,
19 Mar. 2026
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Virtue Damage Reverse Hair Serum The full list of Virtue’s Damage Reverse Serum’s benefits includes improved resilience, strand plumpness, volume, softness, as well as reduced shedding, heat damage, frizz, and split ends.—
Tamim Alnuweiri,
InStyle,
12 Mar. 2026
Noun
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And the blue velvet armchair was empty but for the permanent impression of his corpulence.—
Kate Crane,
Rolling Stone,
2 Apr. 2026
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Kajumba was a laconic man, rail‑thin, with the type of largish head that suggested nature had intended him for corpulence, even as circumstance had conspired to keep him slender.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Some applicants who are receiving benefits have listed their sleep apnea, obesity and arthritis.—
Tony Saavedra,
Oc Register,
4 Apr. 2026
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The condition is associated with excess weight and obesity, as well as metabolic disorders like type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol.—
Melissa Rudy,
FOXNews.com,
3 Apr. 2026
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“Chunkiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chunkiness. Accessed 10 Apr. 2026.
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