Thesaurus results for LEGS

legs

noun

plural of leg

as in thighs

a lower limb of an animal he broke his leg when he accidentally stepped in that gopher hole

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as in stages

a portion of a trip on the first leg of the cruise they went south to the Caribbean

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Recent Examples of legs After a delay, he was taken to a hospital where one of his legs was amputated. — ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026 Graise is a double amputee who lost his legs at a young age and has become an advocate for realistic and thoughtful depictions of disabled persons in the arts. — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 23 Aug. 2026 Robocop Reigns Rodrigues chopped Hernandez’s legs with powerful calf kicks. — Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026 He was composed in the pocket, displayed elite touch on a long-ball to Jonathan Mingo, and extended plays with his legs. — Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Aug. 2026 One appears to have white stripes down the sides of his pant legs. — Lincoln Anderson, New York Daily News, 23 Aug. 2026 The leaderboard, topped by Wyndham Clark (64-64 — 128), is crowded halfway through the second of three legs of golf’s end-of-season FedEx Cup Playoffs. — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 22 Aug. 2026 Lightning stood 5½ feet tall and had three-foot legs during the half-marathon. — Reuters, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2026 The drawstring waist makes this pair easy to adjust, while the wide legs provide extra airflow for warmer beginning-of-fall days. — Melody Kazel, PEOPLE, 21 Aug. 2026

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Chicken thighs, fish with skin and egg whites all support collagen synthesis, and thigh meat tends to contain more collagen than breast meat — and is usually cheaper.

— Allison Palmer, Kansas City Star, 31 Mar. 2026

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Iran and Oman, which is on the opposite side of the strait, are reportedly in the final stages of agreeing upon a plan for joint management of the waterway.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Aug. 2026
But Barca need more than that to reach the latter stages of the Champions League.

— Pol Ballús, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of stages

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Some voiced viral theories, like a common social media story stating that a Texas farmer’s calves were stillborn after the development of a nearby data center.

— Emily Holshouser, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Aug. 2026
The latest available Census of Agriculture data, from 2023, counted about 47,000 cattle and calves in the county.

— Mateo Rosiles, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026