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adjective

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as in thick
having or being of relatively great depth or extent from one surface to its opposite the splendid sight of a fat, juicy steak cooked to perfection

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as in lucrative
yielding a profit the highly sought-after baseball player signed a fat contract that set a record for the major leagues

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noun (2)

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Recent Examples of fat
Noun
Steaks with good marbling (veins of intramuscular fat) develop the most flavorful, golden-brown crust. Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 15 May 2025 Turn on the heat and let the bacon start to cook and render the fat. Cody Godwin, USA Today, 13 May 2025
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The autopsy named bilateral pulmonary fat emboli as the cause of death, with fat graft in several glute muscles and next to sciatic nerves. David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 8 May 2025 On the top of Vo’s wishlist was a stem-cell fat grafting procedure. Parizaad Khan Sethi, Allure, 2 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for fat
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Adjective
  • Photo: By Stefan Kohli The collection, which includes necklaces, rings, and earrings, takes cues from Parker’s signature ceramics style: oversized plump white studs bear a resemblance to her Puffy Daisy sconce, as does the Puffy Dome cuff bracelet.
    Elise Taylor, Vogue, 21 May 2025
  • Those plump little gems are juicy, sweet, and packed with antioxidants and fiber.
    Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 18 May 2025
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  • House Speaker Matt Ritter, a Hartford Democrat who controls the agenda, keeps a close eye on the clock in the final days as numerous lawmakers want their bills on a wide variety of issues to pass in a scramble before the midnight adjournment.
    Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 25 May 2025
  • Homelessness among veterans, young people and families was down by wide margins.
    Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 May 2025
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  • Starting with the build, the Swift Edge 14 AI measures just 0.65 inch thick and weighs 2.18 pounds.
    Matthew Buzzi, PC Magazine, 16 May 2025
  • At the opposite end of the court, a thick layer of melancholy was present.
    Kelly Iko, New York Times, 16 May 2025
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  • Incubators aren’t just a fertile ground for entrepreneurs.
    Rhett Power, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025
  • The pull to share The internet has created fertile ground for spreading fake health information.
    Angshuman K. Kashyap, The Conversation, 16 May 2025
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  • Tesla instead found an unusually lucrative way to make money by flipping many of the off-lease cars to new buyers, according to four people familiar with Tesla's retail operations.
    Chris Kirkham, USA Today, 16 May 2025
  • This period has turned out to be a very lucrative one for the singer-songwriter, as interest in her catalog is apparently up significantly from just a few days ago.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
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  • Tax cuts that disproportionately benefit wealthier Americans and new tax deductions for tips also are included in the legislation.
    Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 23 May 2025
  • Yet by Holly Jackson A famed Y.A. author’s first foray into adult fiction centers on Jet Mason, the wayward daughter of a wealthy Vermont family.
    Laura Thompson, New York Times, 22 May 2025
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  • For cash transactions requiring cents, the U.S. will likely follow the lead of Canada — which stopped production of its one-cent piece in 2012 — and make those round to multiples of five.
    Meredith Kile, People.com, 23 May 2025
  • Stephen Curry, Nikola Jokić, Russell Westbrook, Donovan Mitchell, Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown bid adieu in round two.
    David Aldridge, New York Times, 22 May 2025
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  • The volcano is a prolific erupter in part because of its location, Chadwick said.
    Rong-Gong Lin II, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2025
  • The original 7th Heaven, which aired for 11 seasons across the CW and the CW, marked one of the last hits of prolific producer Aaron Spelling whose library is owned by CBS Studios.
    Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 19 May 2025

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