paunchiness

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for paunchiness
Noun
  • For example, obesity induces chronic fat inflammation, which subsequently leads to systemic inflammation and perturbs the normal systemic metabolism.
    Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Some causes of osteoarthritis include injury, preexisting joint disease, specific metabolic diseases such as obesity or type 2 diabetes, and genetics.
    Gina Park, CNN Money, 27 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • When the bacon is almost cooked, pour off the liquid rendered fat into a separate container.
    Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 25 Oct. 2025
  • One of its standout features is its high level of monounsaturated fats, the same heart-healthy fats found in olive oil.
    Daryl Austin, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Analyst Samik downgraded the computing devices maker's stock to neutral from overweight.
    Sean Conlon,Pia Singh, CNBC, 21 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, New Atlas, 12 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Its plumpness was waning, its folds disappearing.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
  • The lotion is rich in anti-aging ingredients, such as collagen to add plumpness and hyaluronic acid to boost hydration and radiance.
    Clara McMahon, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The teen, who suffered four days of stomach pain before being admitted to Tauranga Hospital, had ingested between 80 and 100 high-power magnets, each around 5×2 millimeters in size, according to a Friday report in the New Zealand Medical Journal.
    Sophia Compton, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Most of the frog’s body is smooth, while the sides, throat, chest and stomach have some small bumps, according to the study.
    Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 24 Oct. 2025
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“Paunchiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paunchiness. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.

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