as in bulky
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for plumpish
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Rethinking Home Climate Control Traditional heating and cooling systems are often bulky, noisy, and intrusive, requiring complex work and maintenance.—
Jon Stojan,
USA Today,
13 May 2025 -
Image Image The first Street View model, which launched in 2007, was cobbled together into a bulky black top hat-like fixture and strapped onto a van and driven around Mountain View, Calif.—
Hank Sanders,
New York Times,
13 May 2025
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Thankfully, Charlotte has a few under-the-radar spots whose vegan and vegetarian french fries rival those cooked in the beefiest of tallow.—
Samantha Husted,
Charlotte Observer,
21 Apr. 2025
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Is Fisk, who just popped a hole in a jacket, going to gradually get bigger and beefier as the rest of the season/series unfolds?—
Charlie Mason,
TVLine,
28 Mar. 2025
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The selection of works indeed revealed a preference for male subjects unique in a movement typically associated with fetching representations of young women in sun-dappled gowns and bonnets and plump, rose-cheeked children.—
James Meyer,
Artforum,
1 May 2025
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The brand’s Hyaluronic Rose Complex includes Damascus rosewater and 11 types of hyaluronic acid to nourish skin, as well as niacinamide, working to improve the appearance of skin texture and minimize pores, plus plump and firm.—
Celia Shatzman,
Forbes.com,
29 Apr. 2025
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Anderson is stocky with an enthusiastic teaching style and a passion for jiu jitsu.—
CalMatters,
Mercury News,
5 May 2025
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The sizable insects have stocky bodies and short antennae.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
22 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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What began in 2021 as chubby, playful flightless birds has morphed into a full‑blown consumer brand.—
Boaz Sobrado,
Forbes.com,
6 May 2025
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Pally was courtside for the game and subsequent medal ceremony when cameras caught Curry tossing up a Mr. Throwback reference — chubby cheeks — from the podium.—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
16 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The company is rated buy or overweight by nearly 73% of the analysts covering the stock, and consensus price targets call for nearly 12% upside from current levels.—
Darla Mercado, CFP®,
CNBC,
13 May 2025
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Giving them to every overweight American clearly isn’t appropriate.—
David Kessler,
The Atlantic,
13 May 2025
Adjective
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Another soldier, pudgy and silent, filmed us with his phone, and the Italian activists filmed him in turn.—
Ben Ehrenreich,
Harpers Magazine,
26 Mar. 2025
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These include pudgy realtor and aspiring petting-zoo owner Dawn (Danielle Brooks) and Henry’s blowsy school vice principal (Jennifer Coolidge), who falls in love with one of the Overworld’s unibrow villagers who enters the real-world dimension.—
Armond White,
National Review,
16 Apr. 2025
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Wild steelhead can be identified by their intact adipose fin – the small, fleshy fin located on the fish’s back.—
Forum News Service,
Twin Cities,
19 May 2025
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Ginkgo grows 50-80 feet tall, although smaller cultivars are available, and is hardy in Zones 3-8 and sometimes Zone 9. 03 of 07 Magnolia Magnolia (Magnolia spp.) has fleshy roots that are sparse and sometimes deep, and trees will drop a lot of interior leaves from shock if transplanted.—
Luke Miller,
Better Homes & Gardens,
14 Mar. 2025
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“Plumpish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plumpish. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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