as in plump
having an excess of body fat
an overweight person who had difficulty running even a short distance
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Recent Examples of overweight
CNN Money, 4 Nov. 2025
Those who are overweight, smoke, have high blood pressure, or have a family history of the disease are at risk of developing AMD.
—Cara Lynn Shultz, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2025
Angelica Bottaro, Verywell Health, 15 Oct. 2025
In the trial, 136 adults with overweight or obesity were randomly assigned to receive weekly injections of nimacimab, semaglutide, both drugs together, or placebo.
—New Atlas, 12 Oct. 2025
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Adjective
Researchers can’t definitively explain why so many people are overweight today, too, so reducing your caloric intake may not even work.
—CNN Money, 4 Nov. 2025
Those who are overweight, smoke, have high blood pressure, or have a family history of the disease are at risk of developing AMD.
—Cara Lynn Shultz, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2025
Noun
Cacao is also higher in calories and fat, which, in the long run, could contribute to the onset of overweight or obesity.
—Angelica Bottaro, Verywell Health, 15 Oct. 2025
In the trial, 136 adults with overweight or obesity were randomly assigned to receive weekly injections of nimacimab, semaglutide, both drugs together, or placebo.
—New Atlas, 12 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overweight
Adjective
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All of this bounty was contained in a tortilla that is pleasingly plump without being structurally compromised.—
Brock Keeling,
Oc Register,
6 Nov. 2025
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There were black burlat cherries, plump apricots, a basket of fragrant strawberries.—
Danielle Postel-Vinay,
PEOPLE,
27 Oct. 2025
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Leerink upgrades Eli Lilly to outperform from market perform Leerink said the company is still an obesity beneficiary.—
Michael Bloom,
CNBC,
10 Nov. 2025
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The deal marks a win for Pfizer in its efforts to catch up with Eli Lilly and Novo, which makes Ozempic, in the obesity drug market; Pfizer has seen a rapid decline in its COVID-19 business due to lower demand for vaccines and antiviral drugs.—
Brendan Ruberry,
semafor.com,
10 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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McRib nutritional facts Per McDonald's nutritional facts, a McRib has 520 calories, 28 grams of fat, 24 grams of protein and 46 grams of carbs.—
Haadiza Ogwude,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
7 Nov. 2025
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Many of those fish were taken in the fall, when mullet were fat with roe.—
Steve Waters,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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There are many factors that make someone more at risk of becoming obese, such as a lack of physical activity, unhealthy eating patterns, poor quality sleep, stress, environmental factors, certain health conditions and medications, as well as genetics.—
Jasmine Laws,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Nov. 2025
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The programs already cover the companies' drugs approved by the Food and Drug Administration for Type 2 diabetes, but under the deals they will also be covered for some patients who are overweight or obese.—
NPR,
NPR,
6 Nov. 2025
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As president, George H.W. Bush compared his dog, Ranger, to a blimp in a playful memo to White House staff noting a need to curb doggie treats because of canine corpulence.—
Alexis Simendinger,
The Hill,
5 Sep. 2025
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Whimsy was also the domain of the Colombian painter and sculptor Fernando Botero, whose signature was a race of voluptuously bloated figures — denizens, from priests to bullfighters, of an almost cartoonish world that, to him, had to do not with corpulence but with the sensuality of human life.—
William McDonald,
New York Times,
28 Dec. 2023
Adjective
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The matriarch of the legendary football family and mother of Jason Kelce and younger brother Chiefs tight end, and Swift fiancé Travis Kelce, looks menacingly at the camera as her profile is reflected in a round mirror in the background.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
11 Nov. 2025
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So, George drove 100 miles round-trip two days in a row just to visit.—
Walter Villa,
Miami Herald,
11 Nov. 2025
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“Overweight.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overweight. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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