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Recent Examples of waistlines
Yes, the quadruple whammy of high food costs, a severe immigrant labor shortage, spiraling rents and shrinking waistlines drove some restaurants to close.
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Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Dec. 2025
In addition to their similar dark washes, these jeans have an ultra wide-leg silhouette that’s anything but restrictive, plus a mid-rise waist that many shoppers prefer over super-high waistlines.
—Clara McMahon, PEOPLE, 24 Nov. 2025
Our waistlines grow with consumption and vice versa.
—David A. Brenner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Nov. 2025
Popular drugs credited with shrinking waistlines and controlling blood sugar may also take the edge off alcohol’s buzz, according to a new study.
—Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 26 Oct. 2025
The season leaned into boxy jackets, paneled skirts, and basque waistlines that carved out structure with confidence.
—Essence, 24 Sep. 2025
Younger women typically have smaller waists, while older women often see their waistlines increase.
—Heidi Cope, Health, 15 Sep. 2025
Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Dec. 2025
In addition to their similar dark washes, these jeans have an ultra wide-leg silhouette that’s anything but restrictive, plus a mid-rise waist that many shoppers prefer over super-high waistlines.
—Clara McMahon, PEOPLE, 24 Nov. 2025
Our waistlines grow with consumption and vice versa.
—David A. Brenner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Nov. 2025
Popular drugs credited with shrinking waistlines and controlling blood sugar may also take the edge off alcohol’s buzz, according to a new study.
—Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 26 Oct. 2025
The season leaned into boxy jackets, paneled skirts, and basque waistlines that carved out structure with confidence.
—Essence, 24 Sep. 2025
Younger women typically have smaller waists, while older women often see their waistlines increase.
—Heidi Cope, Health, 15 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for waistlines
waists
Noun
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As the twentieth century progresses, Steele moves from Christian Dior’s New Look—which brought back feminine opulence in the postwar period, with decadent skirts and cinched waists—to the rise of punk as a style that emphasized abjection, discomfort, and aggression.—
Leslie Jamison,
New Yorker,
22 Dec. 2025
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The prototype — designed, like the Miura, by Gandini — first appeared at the 1971 Geneva Motor Show, an impossible doorstop of a spaceship with a roofline that barely came up to the waists of the go-go-boot-wearing models who posed alongside it.—
Will Sabel Courtney,
Robb Report,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Waistlines.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/waistlines. Accessed 23 Jan. 2026.
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