physique

as in shape
the type of body that a person has she had a well-toned physique

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Recent Examples of physique Jost simply ratcheted up the volume and the attacks on soldiers’ physiques. Erik Adams, The Atlantic, 5 Oct. 2025 Canary Island wrestling is captured in three sections of the film, shot in a Neo-doc style, but focusing as much of the wrestlers’ physique as success. John Hopewell, Variety, 20 Sep. 2025 That is how Elia chances upon Claudia, a personal trainer with the cult of physique but clearly not of mind…In Italian with English subtitles. Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Sep. 2025 Known for their hotdog-like physique, dachshunds are a German breed that have been adopted into many Oktoberfest celebrations. Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 11 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for physique
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Noun
  • The final shape of Fence was to be determined by whatever land-use permissions were granted to the Christos.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Designed by women, for women, the Trailmix Cargo Pants are lightweight, durable, and stretchy, with an adjustable waistband that actually stays put, and a flattering shape that’s hard to find in women’s hiking gear.
    Ariana Dickson, Travel + Leisure, 6 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Johanna Harwood stepped into the frame of the bedroom door, where Anna Petrov lay dead on the parquet beside the body of a guard.
    Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Even when cropped so that the lunar disc filled the centre of the frame, the shots remained in detail with sharp contrast.
    Harry Bennett, Space.com, 10 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • The general shape of those figures — high revenue and high losses — broadly reminds one of OpenAI, the industry-leading, money-bleeding startup that kickstarted the AI frenzy.
    Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 11 Nov. 2025
  • Helping Sotheby’s achieve such an eye-watering figure was Mercedes Gleitze’s ‘Companion Oyster,’ an ultra-rare Rolex prototype worn by the first British women to swim the English Channel on one of her many journeys across the water.
    Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 11 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • GCCs, in their earliest form, were remote offices handling finance, procurement and IT services for global firms seeking to cut operational costs.
    Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Maybe this is another form of catastrophizing.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2025

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“Physique.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/physique. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.

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