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as in weight
the main or greater part of something as distinguished from its subordinate parts
the body of the novel was quite good, even if the beginning was a bit slow
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as in faction
a group of people acting together within a larger group
feared that there was a body of extremists within the labor union
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as in community
a group of people sharing a common interest and relating together socially
a hangout where, it seems, much of the student body can be found on a Saturday night
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as in person
a member of the human race
the most intelligent body in this entire place
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as in group
a usually small number of persons considered as a unit
a body of security men accompany the president at all times
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as in to embody
to represent in visible form
abstract sculpture that bodies forth the artist's aesthetic of minimalism
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Recent Examples of body
Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 26 Feb. 2025
Ashton is a really good player, but Anthonie’s body screams center to me.
—Pete Sampson, The Athletic, 26 Feb. 2025
Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 5 Nov. 2024
In the third quarter Saturday, Thunder forward Dillon Johnson tried to take Shead along the baseline, and Shead bodied him up, forcing a turnover.
—Eric Koreen, The Athletic, 13 July 2024
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Noun
When someone touches you, a knee-jerk response can be anything from feeling the hair on your body stand to wanting to melt into a puddle of goodness.
—Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 26 Feb. 2025
Ashton is a really good player, but Anthonie’s body screams center to me.
—Pete Sampson, The Athletic, 26 Feb. 2025
Verb
More accurately, the Academy has become more European, so when awards bodies like the British Independent Film Awards or the European Film Awards announce their nominations, take note.
—Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 5 Nov. 2024
In the third quarter Saturday, Thunder forward Dillon Johnson tried to take Shead along the baseline, and Shead bodied him up, forcing a turnover.
—Eric Koreen, The Athletic, 13 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for body
Noun
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Lack of deep sleep can cause fatigue and affect form when weight lifting.12 Add in other activities: Pair some aerobic exercises with your weight-lifting regimen.—
Sherri Gordon,
Health,
3 Mar. 2025
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Morgan Stanley upgrades Melco Resorts & Entertainment to overweight from equal weight Morgan Stanley said the Asia and Europe casino company is well positioned for share gains.—
Michael Bloom,
CNBC,
3 Mar. 2025
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The full extent of the cuts won't be known until after the Tuesday night deadline for a mass firing largely carried out by email that's likely to dramatically reshape the government's health workforce.—
Adriel Bettelheim,
Axios,
27 Feb. 2025
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Just a week before our arrival, the Trump administration fired about 1,000 permanent National Park Service workers as part of a mass purging of tens of thousands of federal workers still in the probationary period of their jobs.—
Jaclyn Cosgrove,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Feb. 2025
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Until then, any game that wants to implement gameplay involving showdowns, factions, and bitter NPC feelings toward a player must either differentiate it enough to avoid infringement, license it from Warner Brothers, or gamble on WB Games' legal attention.—
Kevin Purdy,
Ars Technica,
26 Feb. 2025
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A couple of smash hits at the box office (Wicked and Dune: Part Two) scored a clutch of nominations, while comparatively cult hits The Substance and Emilia Pérez have commanded their own factions of support.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
26 Feb. 2025
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Aren’t there laws concerning having disabled parking?— D.J., Rancho Santa Margarita Q: Our board recently voted to change the parking rules within the community and now disabled stalls will follow the visitor parking rules, so a car is towed after six nights within a month.—
Kelly G. Richardson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Mar. 2025
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The couple were active in the community, dining out and shopping at Whole Foods.—
Tom Gliatto,
People.com,
4 Mar. 2025
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Spectacle is one way to get people to show up in person and perhaps patronize other businesses too.—
Roger Vincent,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Feb. 2025
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The announcement came after Spurs players and staff got to see their beloved head coach in person Thursday morning for the first time since his stroke, a league source told CNN.—
David Close,
CNN,
27 Feb. 2025
Noun
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My father was the saxophonist of Kassav’, a big zouk group from the French Caribbean.—
Kyle Denis,
Billboard,
27 Feb. 2025
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The quartet were quickly made to conjure up performances that convincingly portrayed a group of good friends.—
Lily Ford,
The Hollywood Reporter,
27 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Like Nichols before her, Saldaña embodied Star Trek’s optimistic, socially progressive ideals, serving as a heroic, aspirational icon for young girls with their eyes on a bold future.—
Megan Vick,
EW.com,
1 Mar. 2025
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Thoughtful gestures embody the ideals of her exemplary hospitality.—
Spencer Whaley,
Forbes,
1 Mar. 2025
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That's why empathy is often a core value for families.—
Alana Bracken,
Parents,
28 Feb. 2025
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This mirrors Nvidia's strategy with DLSS, which has always leveraged the tensor cores found in RTX GPUs to run machine-learning models to achieve superior image quality for upscaled and AI-generated frames.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
28 Feb. 2025
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“Body.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/body. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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