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Recent Examples of puffy
The hallmark symptom of mumps is swelling of one or both parotid glands, which can cause puffy cheeks and tenderness along the jaw.
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Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 5 Mar. 2026
An older protester in a puffy orange jacket chided him for being too anthropocentric.
—Robert Moor, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
Lo sits casually, leaning back on a puffy office chair, watching Hodgson move around the vast space while trying different variations of line readings.
—David John Chávez, Mercury News, 1 Mar. 2026
Police are now looking for a suspect, described as a 26 to 30-year-old man wearing a black puffy jacket, a hooded sweatshirt, and black sweatpants.
—Elyssa Kaufman, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2026
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Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 5 Mar. 2026
An older protester in a puffy orange jacket chided him for being too anthropocentric.
—Robert Moor, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
Lo sits casually, leaning back on a puffy office chair, watching Hodgson move around the vast space while trying different variations of line readings.
—David John Chávez, Mercury News, 1 Mar. 2026
Police are now looking for a suspect, described as a 26 to 30-year-old man wearing a black puffy jacket, a hooded sweatshirt, and black sweatpants.
—Elyssa Kaufman, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for puffy
Adjective
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Eggs, matzo meal, broth, and schmaltz come together to produce tender, reliably fluffy dumplings.—
Molly Baz,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
12 Mar. 2026
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Blanching the nuts before grinding gives the nut flour a fluffy texture and light color that resembles all-purpose flour.—
The Washington Post,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The following season, Jackie was tending two downy babies — BBB (Big Bear Baby) and Stormy.—
Lila Seidman,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Mar. 2026
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Just recently, Pera put a smooth mushroom pate on Coltivare’s menu, blanketed in a downy fluff of truffles.—
Aviva Bechky,
Houston Chronicle,
30 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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The look was completed with a side part and shaggy bangs.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
10 Mar. 2026
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Velasquez says that shaggy layers are a great way to give natural curls movement and life.—
Audrey Noble,
InStyle,
10 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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In the movie’s fuzzy metaphysics, Shelley wills herself into the consciousness of a character named Ida (also played by Buckley), a young woman angling for survival in 1930s Chicago — a colorful, dangerous world of bawdy lotharios and lethal gangsters.—
Peter Tonguette,
The Washington Examiner,
13 Mar. 2026
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Block squirts out a capturing of Dreyfuss as a fuzzy-haired neurotic ping-ponging mood changes around the set.—
Christopher Smith,
Oc Register,
10 Mar. 2026
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“Puffy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/puffy. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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