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Recent Examples of big-boned
Jean-Yves Thibaudet was the right guest in every way for the big-boned performance at the Huntington.
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Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2025
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.
—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
Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2025
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.
—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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At a lanky 6-foot-9, Essengue is more of a wing than a center.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
10 July 2025
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Another lanky and elastic player who played that aggressive form of defensive tennis.—
Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
7 July 2025
Adjective
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Prioritize whole, unprocessed foods, particularly fruits and veggies, lean proteins, and whole grains.—
Beth Ann Mayer,
Parents,
18 July 2025
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The two groups lost a similar percentage of lean muscle mass.1 Notably, in the semaglutide group, being older, female, and consuming less protein at the start of the study were all associated with the greatest losses in lean mass.—
Simon Spichak,
Health,
18 July 2025
Adjective
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He’s got some wiry strength and power with room to fill out and add lean muscle mass to a very rangy frame.—
Scott Wheeler,
New York Times,
27 June 2025
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With two right-handers due up near the bottom of the Nationals’ lefty-heavy lineup, Estrada was called first and worked a 1-2-3 eighth with help from a rangy play by Wade.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 June 2025
Adjective
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Nothing fires up Google’s algorithm quite like talk of the return of skinny jeans, but for fall/winter 2025 designers are conspiring to relaunch another dormant Noughties trend: slouchy boho boots that puddle around the ankles and fold over the calves.—
Emma Spedding,
Vogue,
24 July 2025
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Many have been quick to draw a connective throughline between the revival of trends like skinny jeans and bandage dress with the increasing accessibility of Ozempic and other GLP-1 injectables.—
Leah Dolan,
CNN Money,
24 July 2025
Adjective
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The same process is used to establish a new lawn over bare (or weedy) soil.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
12 June 2025
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Mowing with Dirty Mower Decks Mowing plots with a dirty brush hog or mower deck is a recipe for weedy disaster.—
Josh Honeycutt,
Outdoor Life,
26 June 2025
Adjective
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The wiry, 6-4 forward was taken with the 12th overall pick by Charlotte FC in the 2022 MLS Draft.—
Kels Dayton,
Hartford Courant,
16 July 2025
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Flowers bloom late spring to early summer atop wiry, branched, nearly leafless stems rising to 24 inches tall above an 18-inch-tall clump of deep green leaves.—
Judy Nauseef,
Better Homes & Gardens,
24 June 2025
Adjective
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Overall, his spindly frame needs some filling out to help in battles, even though he’s shown a willingness to stick his nose into those.—
Steve Conroy,
Boston Herald,
23 June 2025
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Her long, spindly body operates in an anticipatory arch, her body gliding across the pitch in long, laboured strides until igniting into a blur, a combination of ferocity and grace.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
6 July 2025
Adjective
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Liam sang most of the songs in his reedy yowl, all charisma with his hands pulled behind his back, head tilted up toward the sky and a parka often inexplicably zipped all the way up to his chin.—
Paula Mejía,
Vulture,
5 July 2025
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Alejandro Arias, an American evangelist with a reedy voice, addressed the crowd.—
Pete McKenzie,
Harpers Magazine,
18 June 2025
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“Big-boned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/big-boned. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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