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Recent Examples of fatten
The luxurious delicacy is a pâté or mousse made from the rich, fattened livers of ducks or geese.
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Ari Daniel, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2025
In 13 years, he’s made a bundle for long-term shareholders and himself an almost-billionaire, largely by pushing through margin fattening price increases.
—Danielle Chemtob, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
Hundreds of thousands of the birds—roughly 80 percent of the total population—spend several weeks resting and fattening up near the Platte River in February, March and April.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Mar. 2025
After using the summer to feed and fatten up in Alaska, the whales migrate to Mexico in the winter to breed and give birth.
—Adrian Rodriguez, Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2025
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Ari Daniel, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2025
In 13 years, he’s made a bundle for long-term shareholders and himself an almost-billionaire, largely by pushing through margin fattening price increases.
—Danielle Chemtob, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
Hundreds of thousands of the birds—roughly 80 percent of the total population—spend several weeks resting and fattening up near the Platte River in February, March and April.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Mar. 2025
After using the summer to feed and fatten up in Alaska, the whales migrate to Mexico in the winter to breed and give birth.
—Adrian Rodriguez, Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fatten
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And if how well graduates do in the labor market is now a key driver of excellence, that should translate into greater economic mobility for students and a more prepared talent supply to fill key jobs in local economies.—
Matt Gandal,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
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Whenever a network booking agent asked for someone from the magazine to fill a seat and dish on the day’s sports news, most writers shrugged.—
Zak Keefer,
New York Times,
30 May 2025
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The case rocked Britain, seeming to expose a remorseless serial killer who, prosecutors said, used a bizarre range of techniques to kill her tiny, often very premature, victims: Injecting them with air, overfeeding them with milk or contaminating their feeds with insulin.—
Megan Specia,
New York Times,
21 Mar. 2025
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Napping after overfeeding on food is a dilemma many of us will be fortunate to face on Christmas Day.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
18 Dec. 2024
Verb
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And to fill that space, fill it beautifully, not take up that space and mess it up in a sense.—
Danielle Pointdujour,
Essence,
23 May 2025
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Our frail nature, damaged by our propensity to mess things up, stands in need of grace and salvation.—
Anna Rowlands,
Time,
12 May 2025
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An official with Smit Salvage, which is part of the salvage team led by TMC Marine, told CNN that the hatches appear open, meaning the crew may not have battened them down as the storm approached.—
Barbie Latza Nadeau,
CNN Money,
20 May 2025
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Sheila stares downward, as though battening her emotional hatches.—
Robin Kaiser-Schatzlein,
New York Times,
13 June 2023
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“Fatten.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fatten. Accessed 7 Jun. 2025.
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