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Adjective
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The San Diego task force now en route to the Middle East is composed of three bulky and brutish vessels.—
Gary Robbins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Mar. 2026 -
Dillon and Crossman eschewed bulkier, if more historically accurate, spacesuits, departing from the Andy Weir novel.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
27 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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It's beefy enough to support three 4K outputs simultaneously, and runs surprisingly quietly.—
K. Thor Jensen,
PC Magazine,
27 Mar. 2026
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Brazilian tambaqui is a beefy freshwater fish that just happens to have a physique perfect for slicing into meaty, pork-like ribs.—
J.m. Hirsch,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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From having the viscous juices of decomposed leaves that kept her plump leak through a tear in her side, as happened to a few of her siblings.—
María Ospina,
The Dial,
31 Mar. 2026
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Moustache joined my plump tortoiseshell Toffee, the progeny of frisky barn cats, an elderly rabbit rescued from neglect, and my best friend Bacon, a good dog adopted from Lifeline Puppy Rescue years before.—
Krista Kafer,
Denver Post,
27 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Groundhogs, also known as woodchucks, are larger and stockier animals that weigh in at around 14 pounds and measure about 25 inches long.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
4 Mar. 2026
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Police determined that the suspect, described as a Black man with a stocky build, fled the scene going southbound on York Road in a white BMW.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
3 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The viral hippo, who turned 1 year old in July 2025, rose to fame shortly after her birth for her cute features, including her chubby, pink cheeks and tummy rolls.—
Michelle Del Rey,
USA Today,
18 Mar. 2026
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Jude had a round and chubby face.—
Yiyun Li,
New Yorker,
1 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Small bites from Ssal, such as a pudgy scallion pancake, might appear on the menu.—
Mario Cortez,
San Francisco Chronicle,
30 Jan. 2026
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The fat Ganesha with his elephant head and pudgy man body.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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There’s a longstanding debate about the relative health effects of being overweight versus being aerobically unfit.—
Alex Hutchinson,
Outside,
25 Mar. 2026
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My husband, who has always been very overweight, has made many promises to remedy it with no follow-through.—
Abigail Van Buren,
Boston Herald,
22 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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At its best, reality TV thrives as one of the few television formats that allow genuine insight into the fleshy underbelly of human behavior — albeit edited and manipulated to a producer’s satisfaction.—
Shamira Ibrahim,
HollywoodReporter,
25 Mar. 2026
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Skimming is the slightly fleshier version of the scan.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
11 Mar. 2026
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“Plumpish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plumpish. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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