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Recent Examples of thigh
The social media influencer styled a sleeveless maxidress with a short train, featuring a high neckline and a thigh-high slit.
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Julia Teti, Footwear News, 5 Nov. 2025
With your left hand, grasp the left ankle and extend the left thigh back by contracting the buttocks and hamstrings.
—Gerard Hartmann, Outside, 3 Nov. 2025
Gently press elbows inside your thighs to open your knees.
—Cory Martin, Verywell Health, 30 Oct. 2025
The friend who invited me touches my inner thigh under the table.
—Hazlitt, 29 Oct. 2025
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Julia Teti, Footwear News, 5 Nov. 2025
With your left hand, grasp the left ankle and extend the left thigh back by contracting the buttocks and hamstrings.
—Gerard Hartmann, Outside, 3 Nov. 2025
Gently press elbows inside your thighs to open your knees.
—Cory Martin, Verywell Health, 30 Oct. 2025
The friend who invited me touches my inner thigh under the table.
—Hazlitt, 29 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for thigh
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In recent months, however, wolves have been the center of controversy in the state’s northern cattle rangelands, where the Beyem Seyo pack killed more than 87 calves in about six months, leading state wildlife officials to euthanize four of them.—
Sharon Bernstein,
Sacbee.com,
7 Nov. 2025
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Christian Braun added 31 points, Aaron Gordon scored 20, and Jamal Murray — playing through a calf ailment — finished with 15 points and seven assists.—
Ben Verbrugge,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
Noun
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When that motion — called dorsiflexion, the act of pulling your toes toward your shin — is limited, your body has to find a way to compensate.—
Dana Santas,
CNN Money,
6 Nov. 2025
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Pause for a moment at the top to feel the maximum contraction in the front of your shin.—
Jakob Roze,
Health,
4 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Homemade knives, called shanks, are plentiful inside the prison, several inmates said.—
Kristine Phillips,
IndyStar,
5 Nov. 2025
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Start with a glass of stout and the Hungarian mushroom soup before moving on to either the pork shank, prime rib (the best in town) or Amish chicken for an entree.—
Keith Pandolfi,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Thigh.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thigh. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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