as in athletic
strongly and heavily built
the shot put, hammer throw, and other field events for which mesomorphic athletes are well-suited
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Recent Examples of mesomorphic
This body type is also known as a mesomorphic body shape.
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Cari Shane, Discover Magazine, 28 July 2022
Cari Shane, Discover Magazine, 28 July 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mesomorphic
Adjective
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The athletic guard was one of the Big Ten’s most consistent players, landing on the All-Big Ten first team.—
Bennett Conlin,
Baltimore Sun,
12 May 2025
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On Friday, Wood along with Hornets athletic director Mark Orr, Bibby and Otto Construction project manager Corbin Martin took The Bee on a venue tour of the new home court.—
Joe Davidson,
Sacbee.com,
11 May 2025
Adjective
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The annual meeting is an opportunity to celebrate the league's work over the past year, hear from a powerful advocate for Arkansas families and help shape the organization's direction for the future.—
Deb Harvell,
Arkansas Online,
11 May 2025
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Ventura's filing is now widely viewed as the initial string pulled in what has become the unraveling of one of music's most powerful men.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
10 May 2025
Adjective
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In a viral TikTok video, a Siberian husky puppy is filmed meeting a kitten for the very first time in his life, and his heartening reaction to the feline has quickly turned him into a social-media sensation.—
Faisal Kutty,
Newsweek,
10 Mar. 2025
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In a viral TikTok video, a Siberian husky puppy is filmed meeting a kitten for the very first time in his life, and his heartening reaction to the feline has quickly turned him into a social-media sensation.—
Faisal Kutty,
Newsweek,
10 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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To complement those two, the Thunder are using the burly Jaylin Williams to come in and push him around physically.—
Tony Jones,
New York Times,
12 May 2025
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First, his linguistic talents need to be tested: My examiner was an infantry captain—a tough and burly Frenchman now in the U.S. Army.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
5 May 2025
Adjective
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Thankfully, Charlotte has a few under-the-radar spots whose vegan and vegetarian french fries rival those cooked in the beefiest of tallow.—
Samantha Husted,
Charlotte Observer,
21 Apr. 2025
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Is Fisk, who just popped a hole in a jacket, going to gradually get bigger and beefier as the rest of the season/series unfolds?—
Charlie Mason,
TVLine,
28 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Dominic Solanke is a doubt for Sunday’s trip to West Ham United after also being forced off with a muscular problem during the Europa League tie.—
Elias Burke,
New York Times,
2 May 2025
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Indeed, an ascendant wing of the Republican Party has actively pushed for a more muscular government—in the areas of family and industrial policy, for example—after reaching the conclusion that Reagan-style market orthodoxy has hollowed out communities, among other bad outcomes.—
Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
2 May 2025
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With teammate Mikal Bridges tagging smaller facilitators, Anunoby takes the brawnier ones.—
Fred Katz,
New York Times,
12 Apr. 2025
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The 331-mile trail in Kiso Valley provides respite with its brawny cedar and cypress trees but also serves a functional purpose.—
Haley Harrison,
AFAR Media,
10 Apr. 2025
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“Mesomorphic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mesomorphic. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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