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 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 Kids can develop an unhealthy focus on protein with the desire to achieve a certain physique. Melissa Willets, Parents, 9 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for physique
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Noun
  • To combat this, a 4-2-3-1 can be morphed into multiple defensive shapes depending on the head coach’s preference.
    Mark Carey, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Plenty of Mustangs over the years have bolstered that shape with big wings on the rear, but none have received the kind of aerodynamic augmentation seen on the GTD.
    Tim Stevens, Robb Report, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The fact that the first two scores of a 43-point final frame — a 2-yard Troy Franklin score for the Broncos and a 41-yard Theo Johnson touchdown for the Giants — each came on deflections might not crack the top five craziest happenings in the final 15 minutes.
    Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Look closely near the corners or edges of the frame for a blurry patch, smeared light, or a soft square that looks slightly out of focus — that’s where the watermark used to be.
    Jennifer Jolly, USA Today, 20 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • As historian Kelly Lytle Hernández writes, one thing that stood in the way of this vision was the figure of the tramp.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Specifically, the analyst estimated a growth figure of around 10%.
    Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Pennywise — the iconic, malevolent shapeshifting entity that often takes the form of a dancing clown and was first introduced in Stephen King's 1986 novel It — suddenly and mysteriously appeared on five different continents on Tuesday.
    Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Oct. 2025
  • One issue is that hypnosis has long been viewed as a form of entertainment, a stage show with a hypnotist and an audience, which can give viewers a sense that hypnosis is something done to you rather than a process that a person is led through.
    Rustin Dodd, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025

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