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Recent Examples of dieting
Rich Bellis, NBC news, 11 Apr. 2026
His clinic found excessive insulin was trapping his body in a fat-storage cycle that no amount of dieting would have broken.
—Allison Palmer, Miami Herald, 10 Apr. 2026
The New Yorker Consume Me This semi-autobiographical game by director Jenny Jiao Hsia explores her experiences with dieting and disordered eating as an Asian American teenager in the early 2010s, using gameplay mechanics to reflect the emotional and cultural pressures surrounding these issues.
—Hilary Lewis, HollywoodReporter, 9 Apr. 2026
Where previous generations might have turned to boot-camp workouts or restrictive dieting, the contemporary pre-wedding glow-up increasingly includes prescription interventions—from injectables to medical weight-loss drugs.
—Sara Radin, Vogue, 9 Apr. 2026
Strict dieting, including intermittent fasting.
—Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 29 Mar. 2026
Food insecurity, yo-yo dieting and eating disorders have long plagued our communities.
—Emily Brindley
health Reporter, Dallas Morning News, 26 Feb. 2026
Fat loss doesn’t always require extreme dieting.
—Fred Sassani, Austin American Statesman, 25 Feb. 2026
Though frequent exercise and dieting were both crucial to his success, the Grammy winner told the publication that the most important thing was shifting his mindset.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 18 Feb. 2026
Noun
Some people do need more protein, including those who are aging, pregnant or losing weight, whether through dieting or GLP-1 drugs.
—Rich Bellis, NBC news, 11 Apr. 2026
His clinic found excessive insulin was trapping his body in a fat-storage cycle that no amount of dieting would have broken.
—Allison Palmer, Miami Herald, 10 Apr. 2026
The New Yorker Consume Me This semi-autobiographical game by director Jenny Jiao Hsia explores her experiences with dieting and disordered eating as an Asian American teenager in the early 2010s, using gameplay mechanics to reflect the emotional and cultural pressures surrounding these issues.
—Hilary Lewis, HollywoodReporter, 9 Apr. 2026
Where previous generations might have turned to boot-camp workouts or restrictive dieting, the contemporary pre-wedding glow-up increasingly includes prescription interventions—from injectables to medical weight-loss drugs.
—Sara Radin, Vogue, 9 Apr. 2026
Strict dieting, including intermittent fasting.
—Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 29 Mar. 2026
Food insecurity, yo-yo dieting and eating disorders have long plagued our communities.
—Emily Brindley
health Reporter, Dallas Morning News, 26 Feb. 2026
Fat loss doesn’t always require extreme dieting.
—Fred Sassani, Austin American Statesman, 25 Feb. 2026
Though frequent exercise and dieting were both crucial to his success, the Grammy winner told the publication that the most important thing was shifting his mindset.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 18 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dieting
Noun
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The most obvious evidence of that trend is currently taking place in the form of a monthlong exercise in abstemiousness known as Dry January.—
Alexander Nazaryan,
New Yorker,
29 Jan. 2026
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The book promises that an abundant future is possible—a savvy framing, because some environmentalists often claim that the path to well-being runs through abstemiousness, a message that does not tend to resonate with broad swaths of society.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
16 Dec. 2025
Verb
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When fasting, Catholic followers are not required to fast completely but rather to eat one full meal and two smaller meals that together are not equal to a full one.—
Laura Daniella Sepulveda,
AZCentral.com,
26 Mar. 2026
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While each group or person had their own way of fasting — some fast only during the day, have one meal after dark, avoid meat and/or candy or abstain from food altogether — drinking beer was generally permitted under monastic fasting rules.—
Jay R. Brooks,
Mercury News,
27 Feb. 2026
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“Dieting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dieting. Accessed 18 Apr. 2026.
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