as in obesity
the condition of having an excess of body fat
the fattiness of the cattle
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Recent Examples of fattiness
If choosing wines, focus on bright, higher-acid white wines that cut through the mouth-coating fattiness of cheese.
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Anna Lee Iijima, Chicago Tribune, 20 Apr. 2026
Ham bones bring a luxurious smoky, salty, and fattiness to anything it's cooked with.
—Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 4 Apr. 2026
Baron Philippe de Rothschild insisted that only ice cold Yquem be served with foie gras, because the rich fattiness of the liver is buoyed by the luscious sweetness of the wine.
—John Mariani, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
Anna Lee Iijima, Chicago Tribune, 20 Apr. 2026
Ham bones bring a luxurious smoky, salty, and fattiness to anything it's cooked with.
—Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 4 Apr. 2026
Baron Philippe de Rothschild insisted that only ice cold Yquem be served with foie gras, because the rich fattiness of the liver is buoyed by the luscious sweetness of the wine.
—John Mariani, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fattiness
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Enjoy, and see you soon… A flood of cheap copies of Novo Nordisk’s blockbuster weight-loss drug in India is already reshaping the country’s fast-growing obesity medicine market, showing how quickly the patent cliff will affect GLP-1 makers like Eli Lilly, Bloomberg News explains.—
Ed Silverman,
STAT,
10 Apr. 2026
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The study is interesting as a computer science paper, but the methods and findings don’t stand up to medical scientific scrutiny, says Yuval Pinto, MD, an obesity and family medicine doctor at Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore.—
Emily Kay Votruba,
EverydayHealth.com,
10 Apr. 2026
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And as this headline suggests, today’s distribution agreements really are true partnerships that require filmmakers to pull their share of the marketing weight.—
Dana Harris-Bridson,
IndieWire,
22 Apr. 2026
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For the minimalist, the mill brought back shrink-to-fit fabrics available in rigid and comfort stretch and introduced transparent coatings for bottom and shirting weights and PFDs with prominent crosshatch.—
Angela Velasquez,
Footwear News,
22 Apr. 2026
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Because this isn't a book about fatness, despite the central plotline.—
Lizz Schumer,
PEOPLE,
13 Apr. 2026
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The nutritional nest egg is held together with a sprinkle of good fats and calcium-rich foods.—
Sheah Rarback,
Miami Herald,
24 Apr. 2026
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Because vitamin D is a fat soluble vitamin, those with excess fat tend to have less of the vitamin available in the bloodstream for the body to readily use.—
Helen Carefoot,
Flow Space,
24 Apr. 2026
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“Fattiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fattiness. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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