1
as in gaunt
being tall, thin and usually loose-jointed
we could use a rangy girl like you on our basketball team
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2
as in broad
having considerable extent
a speech that took a rangy look at the problems facing the university
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Recent Examples of rangy
Texas Tech’s second leading scorer and Sacramento native Darrion Williams struggled against Arkansas’ rangy defense most of the night, but made a late 3-pointer to force overtime and the go-ahead layup with less than 10 seconds left to seal the win.
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Nathan Canilao, Mercury News, 28 Mar. 2025
He’s got some wiry strength and power with room to fill out and add lean muscle mass to a very rangy frame.
—Scott Wheeler, The Athletic, 25 Mar. 2025
The rangy second-year is unassumingly fifth in defensive win shares this season.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 25 Feb. 2025
The Celtics picked their spots against the impossibly rangy Wembanyama, who entered Wednesday with 75 more blocks than any other NBA player (and got another one early on an Al Horford layup attempt).
—Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 13 Feb. 2025
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Nathan Canilao, Mercury News, 28 Mar. 2025
He’s got some wiry strength and power with room to fill out and add lean muscle mass to a very rangy frame.
—Scott Wheeler, The Athletic, 25 Mar. 2025
The rangy second-year is unassumingly fifth in defensive win shares this season.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 25 Feb. 2025
The Celtics picked their spots against the impossibly rangy Wembanyama, who entered Wednesday with 75 more blocks than any other NBA player (and got another one early on an Al Horford layup attempt).
—Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 13 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rangy
Adjective
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Egon Schiele had his thing for gaunt girls and their undergarments.—
Gal Beckerman,
The Atlantic,
14 Apr. 2025
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Tall and thin, bordering on gaunt, he was dressed in blue jeans, a flannel shirt, an old Army jacket, work boots, gloves and a blue wool cap.—
Alanna Nash,
Variety,
4 Mar. 2025
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While the broader impact of the administration's funding pause remains unclear, the escalating battle has brought many of the university's key research projects, including studies on Alzheimer's disease and cancer treatment, to a halt.—
Zachary Schermele,
USA Today,
30 Apr. 2025
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One proceeds in the traditional way, learning how to cook through years of experimentation, ascending from the mastery of individual recipes to a broader and more intuitive feel for how ingredients and techniques go together.—
Joshua Rothman,
New Yorker,
29 Apr. 2025
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When Wade had entered the league, baggy, untucked dress shirts and oversize suits were the style on draft night; on game days, players draped 5XL sweat suits and Mitchell & Ness throwback jerseys over their lanky frames.—
D. Watkins,
The Atlantic,
10 Apr. 2025
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Cops recovered video of the lanky, mustachioed suspect following one of the attacks.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
4 Apr. 2025
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Although, like so many Biblical narratives, the Gospel of Mary was excluded from the canon, scholars contend that the text was in wide circulation among Jesus’ early followers.—
Eliza Griswold,
New Yorker,
19 Apr. 2025
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Pan stressed the importance of providing customers with a wide range of customization options.—
Lauren Carpenter,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Here are the shoes to wear with skinny jeans to look chic in Spring 2025.—
Renata Joffre,
Glamour,
19 Apr. 2025
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Advance Denim is expanding its stretch technologies to support the resurgence of skinny jeans in the market.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
18 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Little Saigon has an extensive collection of newspapers and radio and television media broadcasts that serve the community.—
Heather McRea,
Oc Register,
28 Apr. 2025
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The former vice president, who lost to Trump in the November election, will give her most extensive public remarks since leaving office during the keynote at the San Francisco gala, according to a person familiar with the program.—
CNN.com,
Mercury News,
28 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Doing an entire load of dishes, sweeping and cleaning floors, and wiping down cabinets, countertops, and tables are all tasks that involve a lot of time, much more than one minute.—
Rebecca Jones,
Southern Living,
19 Apr. 2025
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Medications were exempt from the sweeping tariffs imposed and then paused earlier in April.—
Madeline Mitchell,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Add pops of red to a neutral space or a spindly chair to capture cottage chic in your room.—
Nora Colomer,
FOXNews.com,
17 Apr. 2025
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When growing basil indoors on a sunny windowsill, give pots a quarter turn weekly to expose all sides to the sun and ensure seedlings won't be pale and spindly.—
Sheryl Geerts,
Better Homes & Gardens,
16 Apr. 2025
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“Rangy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rangy. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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