nonathletic

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Adjective
  • Low wages, high youth unemployment and a feeble social safety net mean China’s household spending is less than 40% of annual economic output, some 20 percentage points below the global average.
    Reuters, CNN, 11 Oct. 2024
  • The economy has been weighed down by the weakness of its industrial sector amid Russia’s shutdown in natural gas supplies after the invasion of Ukraine, as well as feeble Chinese demand and the car industry’s difficulties in pivoting to electric vehicles.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune Europe, 8 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • The new medium setting is the Goldilocks of temperatures—not too hot, not too weak, just voluminous blowout perfection in under 15 minutes.
    Boutayna Chokrane, WIRED, 29 Nov. 2024
  • The transition into a relatively weak Santa Ana wind event is driving the shift in weather.
    Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • These emissaries represent the values of faith, kindness, and human connection, carrying the belief that no soul is beyond redemption and no bridge is too fragile to build.
    Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
  • This point of contention has already threatened the fragile peace.
    Alexander Smith, NBC News, 27 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • Yet hungry predators prowling the surface world would likely pose this biggest risk, and be sure to pick off any ground squirrels that made the mistake of exiting the nest during the lean, winter months when prey is scarce and there’s nowhere to hide.
    Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 28 Nov. 2024
  • By starting lean and expanding resources as demand increases, companies can optimize their cloud spend and maintain better cost control as they grow.​​​​ - Gabriel Gonzalez, Edenred 17.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • The extraordinary shot of a frail, diseased young Don Vito on Ellis Island, looking out on the Statue of Liberty, sets the table for a decades-spanning journey through a country where opportunity is not extended, but seized through violence and dirty dealing.
    Scott Tobias, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2024
  • At a time when post-menopausal women still are stereotyped as dependent and frail, Kim’s film is a refreshing reality check.
    Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press, 11 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • European bay leaves are wide in shape and subtle in flavor, while bay leaves grown on the West Coast have a more slender shape and intense flavor.
    Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 28 Nov. 2024
  • Just one House seat has yet to be called: In California’s agricultural San Joaquin Valley, Democrat Adam Gray holds a slender lead over GOP Rep. John Duarte in the 13th Congressional District, but the race remains too close to call.
    Laura J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • The willowy model kept at it after marrying and having two children.
    Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Joan Vassos — willowy, blonde, and 61 years young — is surrounded by 12 senior men who are getting ready to show some skin.
    EW.com, EW.com, 14 Aug. 2024
Adjective
  • And for centuries the fork remained suspect in Europe, as the effete accessory of aristocrats; as late as the 17th century, Louis XIV, amid the pomp of Versailles, is said to have insisted on grabbing food — off a gold plate — with his fingers.
    Ligaya Mishan Kyoko Hamada, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2024
  • Michael Urie lends an elastic face and sing-songy intonations to Sir Robin, and Ethan Slater’s dexterous physical humor, as a French mime, an effete prince and a naked puppeteer, is always welcome.
    Naveen Kumar, Variety, 17 Nov. 2023
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