as in ponderousness
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Noun
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Other main themes that guests can find in Guidi’s work are the relationship between space and light, between the solidity of architecture and the fleeting nature of the instant, between urban space and individual perception, between material traces and memory.—
Andrea Onate,
Footwear News,
20 June 2025 -
Relations quickly deteriorated with Jose Mourinho, Antonio Conte and, even more rapidly, Nuno Espirito Santo, all managers who value out-of-possession solidity over intricate positional play.—
Thom Harris,
New York Times,
27 Mar. 2025
Noun
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There are a few mildly funny moments, such as Garfield suddenly finding out he’s been wearing a collar and tag the whole time, hidden under his furry avoirdupois.—
Frank Scheck,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 Sep. 2019
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To make the most of the full fury of its hot-cam performance, the Integra was trimmed of 140 pounds of not-so-necessary avoirdupois.—
Barry Winfield,
Car and Driver,
21 May 2020
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“Cumbersomeness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cumbersomeness. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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