corporations

plural of corporation
as in stomachs
an enlarged or bulging abdomen a substantial corporation that showed that he was a sucker for all-you-can-eat buffets

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Recent Examples of corporations Pressure applied by Washington through sanctions, export controls, and prosecutions targeting the Chinese corporations Huawei and ZTE only underscored the urgency of building China’s domestic legal power. Mark Jia, Foreign Affairs, 7 Aug. 2026 Finance corporations, in turn, have been using debt collectors more than ever before because too many card-holders are unable to even make minimum payments. Elliot Raphaelson, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Aug. 2026 Why would corporations that have found a way to profit off this policy oppose it? Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 7 Aug. 2026 Now, more than a quarter of large corporations are ramping up GLP-1 coverage criteria in 2026 or 2027, according to an analysis from Mercer earlier this year. Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2026 Professionalism is no longer reserved for large corporations. Wyles Daniel, USA Today, 6 Aug. 2026 Its funding comes from money appropriated by Congress, as well as donations from corporations and individuals. Sarah Webber, The Conversation, 6 Aug. 2026 His campaign priorities included sharper limits on property tax increases and on tax incentives for corporations and developers. Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 5 Aug. 2026 One of the motions in the package asks for the LA Department of Building and Safety to impose stronger financial penalties, between $25,000 and $1 million, on corporations for serious violations that impose widespread harm on communities. Chelsea Hylton, CBS News, 4 Aug. 2026
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Noun
  • Preliminary laboratory tests detected cyanide, while postmortem examinations found tomatoes in the animals’ stomachs.
    ABC News, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2026
  • About 80 to 100 transgenic larvae were delivered into the Syrian golden hamsters’ stomachs.
    Jay Kakade August 05, Refractor, 5 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Proof that the babies aren’t born with hatred in their bellies and in their blood.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 July 2026
  • Every day, the snow crept farther down the mountains, and as the horses waded the creeks, ice froze on their tails and bellies.
    Dolores Brown, Outdoor Life, 17 June 2026
Noun
  • There is a front porch and inside an enormous fireplace, a living room with its original and curved bay windows, window seats, fireplace, and soft seating.
    Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 14 Aug. 2026
  • The area is charming, with the houses themselves a mishmash of shapes of colors—miniature, red roof dwellings decorated with wooden panels are piled next to slim, towering town houses embellished with sweeping bay windows.
    CNT Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Aug. 2026

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“Corporations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/corporations. Accessed 14 Aug. 2026.

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