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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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
Broncos options Raridon is a tall, rangy player at 6-foot-6 and 245 pounds.
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Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 14 Apr. 2026
Seven-foot-one Donovan Clingan, Deni Avdija and the Blazers’ collection of rangy wings pounded Golden State inside.
—Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 9 Apr. 2026
While his ball production totaled just two interceptions during his career, his ability to play as a rangy deep safety forced opposing quarterbacks to keep things underneath with his top-end services looming downfield.
—Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Mar. 2026
Larson, who grew up on a farm in North Dakota, has a rangy frame and a folksy manner.
—Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
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Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 14 Apr. 2026
Seven-foot-one Donovan Clingan, Deni Avdija and the Blazers’ collection of rangy wings pounded Golden State inside.
—Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 9 Apr. 2026
While his ball production totaled just two interceptions during his career, his ability to play as a rangy deep safety forced opposing quarterbacks to keep things underneath with his top-end services looming downfield.
—Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Mar. 2026
Larson, who grew up on a farm in North Dakota, has a rangy frame and a folksy manner.
—Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rangy
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When supermodels ruled the runway, low-rise pants hugged our hips, everyone smoked cigarettes, grunge was a music genre and an aesthetic, and looking scrawny and gaunt was considered attractive.—
Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
30 Apr. 2026
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In late-stage chronic wasting disease, deer often appear emaciated and gaunt, Labonte said.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
28 Apr. 2026
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The race came amid a broader power struggle between the two sides of City Hall early in both Mamdani and Menin’s leadership, but the election will also have a more immediate impact.—
Josephine Stratman,
New York Daily News,
29 Apr. 2026
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The legislation passed with broad bipartisan support in the Senate, but some Republicans rejected the bill, opposing earmarking millions more to maintain the fortified Capitol and equip it with the staff necessary to keep the screenings going.—
Caroline Cummings,
CBS News,
28 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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As Pichai entered the water, waves pummeled his lanky frame.—
Andrew R. Chow,
Time,
6 May 2026
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Jim Mora could sense the excitement in Justin Joly’s voice, as if the lanky teenager was ready to hurdle himself through the phone.—
Nick Kosmider,
New York Times,
1 May 2026
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Attenborough, more than anybody, has established the link between the patch of glass in our living rooms and the wide world beyond—which, thanks to him, is revealed to be wider, weirder, and more combative than anyone could have conceived.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
8 May 2026
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However, passes weren’t connecting, Montreal’s speed was able to keep up with the Frost’s own, and shot attempts ended up being too wide of the net to go in.—
Theodore Tollefson,
Twin Cities,
8 May 2026
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With their colorful petals and tall, skinny stems, coneflowers are an iconic perennial bloom native throughout the United States.—
Blythe Copeland,
Martha Stewart,
5 May 2026
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Beneath her skinny brows, a silver highlighter delicately lined them.—
Essence,
Essence,
5 May 2026
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Magyar granted the filmmakers, a husband-and-wife team named Tamás Yvan Topolánszky and Claudia Sümeghy, extensive access to his campaign.—
Andrew Marantz,
New Yorker,
9 May 2026
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One apartment, which had extensive damage, had an open door, while its neighbor closed their front door.—
Leonard Greene,
New York Daily News,
8 May 2026
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Processing a tragedy The question of how to process, or what to make of, a sweeping tragedy lingers for the people and communities still living with the memories of the crash.—
Jake Goodrick,
Sacbee.com,
9 May 2026
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Deep in Mesoamerica’s largest rainforest stands a bare concrete house with a sweeping view and dark history.—
Anna Lello-Smith,
New York Daily News,
9 May 2026
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The Antarctic Peninsula, a spindly chain of icy mountains which sticks off the west side of the continent like a thumb pointing toward South America, is one of the fastest warming places in the Southern Hemisphere.—
Laura Paddison,
CNN Money,
8 May 2026
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Our evidence rests in the eight spindly tomato plants poking up from small containers next to a large window in our back room.—
Jerry Shnay,
Chicago Tribune,
4 May 2026
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“Rangy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rangy. Accessed 10 May. 2026.
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