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Recent Examples of thickset The passenger door opened and a thickset man with a short beard and mustache got out. Jamie Quatro, Harper's Magazine, 2 Aug. 2024 There’s a thickset dashboard dotted with prominent air vents and a thick, smooth center section that connects the door panels. Andrew Wendler, Car and Driver, 8 Aug. 2023 And, with two big interior pockets, protective metal feet, and thickset handles, your luggage can accommodate everything this lifestyle entails. Irene Richardson, Travel + Leisure, 8 Mar. 2023 The thickset prison administrator, known as Bawar to his friends, had been keenly aware that the prison was vulnerable to assault. Washington Post, 5 Feb. 2022 The hotel's two restaurants, an offshoot of the Beefbar, and Biancaneve, are awash with more banquettes upholstered in colorful cozy fabrics arranged around thickset wood tables, a nod to the hotel's Alpine location. Rooksana Hossenally, Forbes, 31 Jan. 2022 Julia's grandmother Zora was short and thickset and typical of the women of her generation in that her days consisted of brief breaks between cooking and cleaning—if not grocery shopping or preparing a meal, she could be found scrubbing the Khrushchyovka apartment with great fa- naticism. Ew Staff, EW.com, 4 May 2021 The lecturer, a short, thickset man with a ruddy face and a big voice, was coming to the end of his talk. Joseph Loconte, National Review, 31 Aug. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for thickset
Adjective
  • While the development of McCarthy is important to the Vikings this season, Wentz probably gives Minnesota the best chance to move the ball against a stout Browns defense.
    Jordan Sigler, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Hunter, acquired at the trade deadline last season in a move viewed at the time as fortifying an already stout roster, will likely be a mainstay in the starting lineup, at least while Strus is out.
    Joe Vardon, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • However, Schwarber looks like a player right out of the old school with his stocky build.
    John Perrotto, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • During the poker game, Bowyer and one of his friends, a stocky guy named Michael Greenberg who had been a fixture at those long-ago high school poker games, began talking to a man seated at the card table.
    DAVID AMSDEN, Rolling Stone, 29 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Beckham Hotel Collection Queen Pillows Encased with a cotton cover and made from a down alternative filling, the pillows have a plump loft that feels like a wonderful combination of soft and slightly firm.
    Lindsey Greenfeld, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025
  • The set includes 18 pairs of eye masks to moisturize, freshen, plump, and brighten your skin.
    Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 6 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Be sure to cover your head and neck with your arms, and crawl under a sturdy table if possible.
    CA Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The lone crack in Yesavage’s sturdy exterior came in the first inning.
    Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Some models suggest that K2-18b is a hycean world — an ocean planet with a thick atmosphere of hydrogen — and the signature of dimethyl sulfide was detected by the James Webb Space Telescope.
    Keith Cooper, Space.com, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Its fabric is thick but not too heavy, according to reviewers, which is great for someone like me whose body temperature fluctuates constantly.
    Melody Kazel, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • For those of us who are still tall (but not NBA tall) and broad or heavyset, the E-Win Flash XL should do the the trick nicely.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Sullivans Island Police Chief Glenn Meadows described the suspect as heavyset, in his 40s, balding with a goatee.
    David Matthews, New York Daily News, 1 May 2025

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“Thickset.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thickset. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.

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