as in bellies
an enlarged or bulging abdomen
Santa is depicted as a white-bearded man with a big paunch
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Noun
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And as a big bonus, the feeder also keeps the bellies of other small critters full, too, which means lots of bird- and critter-watching year round.—
Stephanie Osmanski,
Better Homes & Gardens,
26 Sep. 2025 -
Full bellies fuel learning, education experts often say.—
Heather McRea,
Oc Register,
26 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Eyes need to absorb light to see, and stomachs contain food, which may either be opaque or glowing.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
25 Sep. 2025
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These vampiric bugs use needle-like mouthpieces to locate a capillary and inject saliva containing anesthetics and anticoagulants into its host allowing blood to flow freely into their stomachs for several minutes.—
Katie Nixon,
Nashville Tennessean,
23 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Inflation is eating into not just the pockets of consumers but also the margins of corporations.—
Suzanne Blake,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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Most corporations had no tangible returns yet on their AI projects despite more than $30 billion in collective investments, according to an MIT report from July.—
Hugh Son,
CNBC,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Paunches.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paunches. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.
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