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Recent Examples of big-boned
Many enduring genres crystallized in the mid-thirties—the screwball comedy, the grand-scale action adventure, big-boned literary adaptations, the modern musical (a template exemplified by the films of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers)—and all were illuminated and endorsed by Sennwald.
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Richard Brody, New Yorker, 7 May 2025
The last time Jez Butterworth and Sam Mendes rode into Broadway on the back of a big-boned new play, smothered in five-star reviews and Olivier awards, there were geese, and babies, and bunnies.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2024
Richard Brody, New Yorker, 7 May 2025
The last time Jez Butterworth and Sam Mendes rode into Broadway on the back of a big-boned new play, smothered in five-star reviews and Olivier awards, there were geese, and babies, and bunnies.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for big-boned
Adjective
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The long, lanky cornerback spent four years with Monmouth, playing in 37 games.—
Mike Kaye,
Charlotte Observer,
29 May 2025
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Jesus and Mahavira: lanky, lugubrious men, asking me to choose between them.—
Tishani Doshi,
New York Times,
18 May 2025
Adjective
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However, what the study suggests is that this struggle has just gotten leaner and meaner – with a rise of 5.8% in unemployment for new college grads, and similar other harbingers of doom for Gen Z as a labor force.—
John Werner,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2025
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By contrast, Ono’s tentative UF contract is notably leaner — and stricter.—
Garrett Shanley,
The Orlando Sentinel,
1 June 2025
Adjective
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The rangier types can be cut back each year to maintain an attractive form.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
28 May 2025
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The rangy Eintracht Frankfurt striker Ekitike will be one of the targets for Europe’s top teams this summer, and Liverpool has thrown its hat into the ring along with fellow Premier League side Chelsea as one of the teams interested.—
James Nalton,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
Adjective
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Note skinnier carrots will cook faster than thicker ones.—
Katlyn Moncada,
Better Homes & Gardens,
4 June 2025
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Quarterback Zach Wilson had a nice throw to tight end Jalin Conyers on a skinny post in 7-on-7s.—
Chris Perkins,
Sun Sentinel,
3 June 2025
Adjective
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Plants can seed readily, so look for sterile varieties such as 'Select Blue', 'Walker’s Low', or 'Cat’s Meow' that won’t become weedy in the garden.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
11 Apr. 2025
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Crabgrass is an annual, weedy, warm-season grass that prefers the hot and dry summer weather over the cool spring and fall temperatures that bluegrass prefers.—
Tim Johnson,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Lawrence is like the orange M&M, or the also-orange wiry guy from Inside Out 2.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
3 June 2025
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In every previous iteration of the play, the wiry, manic Leguizamo has performed the show with his signature motor-mouth energy, fiery personality and chameleon-like talent for creating characters and voices.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 May 2025
Adjective
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The spindly youngster is at the beginning of a journey that will successively turn him into one of the most promising, one of the most unfortunate, one of the most maddening and ultimately one of the most celebrated football players in the world.—
Tom Williams,
New York Times,
30 May 2025
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Gone were the spindly metal chairs and wobbly tables just unwelcoming enough to discourage lingering.—
Adriane Quinlan,
Curbed,
13 May 2025
Adjective
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And Topo Gigio had a very distinctive voice, high and reedy.—
Dan Shanoff,
New York Times,
22 May 2025
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In 2016, after a reedy Canadian professor named Jordan Peterson refused to use gender-neutral pronouns, he was taken up as a folk hero, like Galileo standing firm against the Inquisition.—
Andrew Marantz,
The New Yorker,
17 Mar. 2025
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“Big-boned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/big-boned. Accessed 11 Jun. 2025.
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