Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for thickish
Adjective
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This happens when its dense stellar corpse is close enough to its companion star to allow its gravity to begin stripping away the partner's stellar material.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
16 Sep. 2025 -
The resulting configuration provides much denser storage than conventional all flash parallel file systems.—
Thomas Coughlin,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Those industrial-grade ones are both costlier and bulkier than domestic models.—
Jeremy Lott,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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Quantum gravimeters, devices that sense gravitational fields, are still bulky and power-hungry.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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One of the strongest examples of this new trend is French designer Llewellyn Chupin’s Ritual of Adornment collection, which offered a strong contrast between the blocky furniture silhouettes and the delicate ornamentation festooning them.—
Adrian Madlener,
Curbed,
13 Sep. 2025
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The Federal Detention Center in SeaTac, Washington, stands just a few minutes from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, a blocky concrete tower encircled by chain-link fencing and razor wire.—
Walter Pavlo,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Stylistically, these bulky sculptures are like many in the show, whether large or small — solid, blockish, refined but not delicate.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Aug. 2021
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Bold and blockish, but soft around the edges.—
Peter Hartlaub,
San Francisco Chronicle,
19 Apr. 2021
Adjective
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The paper demonstrates thick sodium cathodes that perform at room temperature and down to freezing.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
18 Sep. 2025
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The alveolar wall is only one cell thick.—
Bill Frist,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Only a few medium to large storages, big enough to fit a hefty suitcase and costing as much as $20,300 annually, are available.—
Kati Chitrakorn,
CNN Money,
17 Sep. 2025
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The worst offender in this regard is the feature-laden Mercedes-Benz G-Class luxury SUV, with a guide that weighs in at a hefty 185,783 words spread over 958 pages.—
Jim Gorzelany,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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“Thickish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thickish. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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