as in meat
animal and especially mammal tissue used as food
eats no flesh of any kind, only fruits, grains, and vegetables
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as in to develop
to express more fully and in greater detail
a lengthy follow-up that fleshes out the original report on the military engagement
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Recent Examples of flesh
Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 27 May 2025
Importantly, the rogue narrative of sharks gaining a taste for human flesh pre-dated Jaws, and was invented largely by an Australian surgeon, Sir Victor Coppleson, in the 1950s.
—Chris Pepin-Neff, Scientific American, 26 May 2025
For fish, cook to 145°F or until the flesh is opaque and separates easily with a fork, according to safe cooking temperature charts from the CDC and USDA.
—Mike Snider, USA Today, 25 May 2025
The flesh on her back was still blistered with a blurred branding and her long blonde hair had been cut short.
—Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 24 May 2025
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Noun
Larvae of the parasitic fly chew through flesh, transforming small nicks into big, gruesome wounds.
—Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 27 May 2025
Importantly, the rogue narrative of sharks gaining a taste for human flesh pre-dated Jaws, and was invented largely by an Australian surgeon, Sir Victor Coppleson, in the 1950s.
—Chris Pepin-Neff, Scientific American, 26 May 2025
For fish, cook to 145°F or until the flesh is opaque and separates easily with a fork, according to safe cooking temperature charts from the CDC and USDA.
—Mike Snider, USA Today, 25 May 2025
The flesh on her back was still blistered with a blurred branding and her long blonde hair had been cut short.
—Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 24 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flesh
Noun
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The fragrant smoke from the various meats cooking low-and-slow is a signal that David’s BBQ is legit.—
Leslie Kelly,
Forbes.com,
5 June 2025
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Just warm up the pre-sliced meat on the stove, and then stack it up high.—
Sabrina Weiss,
People.com,
4 June 2025
Verb
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Treat the customer relationship as a partnership, too, staying in active conversations about their needs and developing and launching tools and solutions to solve tactical, practical business problems.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2025
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Eggs in bags thrown on the ground will hatch in the spring and develop into larvae that could reinfest the plants.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
12 June 2025
Verb
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Stablecoins are often treated as satellites of U.S. monetary policy—dollar proxies that expand liquidity and shore up Treasury demand.—
Jemma Green,
Forbes.com,
8 June 2025
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Trump’s memo will go into the history books as a moment when presidential power expanded to put under his control a military force aimed at U.S. civilians.—
Anita Chabria,
Los Angeles Times,
8 June 2025
Verb
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One such model is the external control arm (ECA), which leverages real-world data (RWD) to supplement or replace control groups, especially when enrolling patients in placebo arms is impractical or ethically complex.—
Sujay Jadhav,
Forbes.com,
4 June 2025
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Although less snow fell this year, the lake reached its full capacity when the winter snowpack started to melt and supplemented its levels.—
Anna Skinner,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 June 2025
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“Flesh.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flesh. Accessed 15 Jun. 2025.
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