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fat

[fat] / fæt /


ADJECTIVE
containing an oily substance
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Minimal weight gain is possible, but it’s water weight not fat, Ansari says, and “not guaranteed.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026

I’m no saint, but have we all turned into Susie Greene from “Curb Your Enthusiasm”? “Get up off your fat ass” was the cleanest line I could find, and that was to her husband.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

Kessler thought Spengler a “fat priest with a fat chin and brutal mouth” and his theories “the most hackneyed, trivial stuff,” but Kessler sensed the ominous turn in Germany’s cultural politics.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

A 2024 review found that intermittent fasting may be associated with small reductions in waist circumference and fat mass in people who are overweight or obese.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

Today he’s brought some crumbly brown meat that smells just wonderful, and then I get a bite in my mouth and, scratch my fur, it’s rich and delicious and dripping with fat.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz

His first beat was covering oils, fats and waxes for the weekly trade periodical Chemical Market Reporter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

Across these studies, higher levels of dairy trans fats were not associated with an increased risk of heart disease, stroke or cardiovascular death.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026

While industrial trans fats are strongly associated with heart disease, the naturally occurring forms found in dairy did not appear to carry the same risk.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026

Industrial trans fats, which can be present in some processed and fried foods, have been strongly linked to an increased risk of heart disease.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026

Not only that, but the kind of fats in pastured animals are the ones that are healthier for us to eat.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan

Campbell says they "played around" with how much the ball was blown up, adding: "In previous weeks it was actually a bit fatter, and then this week it definitely feels smaller."

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026

I never became “unrecognizable,” and I spent more time than I’d like to admit looking at myself in the mirror and comparing what I saw to photos of the younger, fatter version of myself.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

But weakening domestic sales are pushing manufacturers like Zhang to seek fatter margins abroad, where consumers have more purchasing power.

From Barron's ● Aug. 9, 2026

The strategists explain why markets went up so much and why the fatter tail — the rising probability of an extreme event — suggests they could fall in the near future.

From MarketWatch ● May 18, 2026

Finally it was established beyond a doubt that he was growing fatter; his thighs were now definitely thicker than his knees.

From "1984" by George Orwell

Of course I’m talking about Fat Bear Week, the annual event in which people elect — well, yes, the fattest bear.

From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026

“It’s the early Christian that gets the fattest lion.”

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026

“The fattest chicken is in Belgium but there are other chickens around,” De Wever said last month.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 15, 2025

Now with chemo side effects, “I’m gonna end up looking like the Last Airbender. Or the fattest Air Gender Bender.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 15, 2025

All through the speech, she kept squeezing the fattest part of Eleanor's arm.

From "Eleanor & Park" by Rainbow Rowell

Finally, with the infrastructure in place and the new money flowing, the Dodgers then opened their fatted wallet for the players that created the championship.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2024

“The Ranch” is a prodigal-son story, complete with fatted calves.

From New York Times ● Mar. 31, 2016

“If you have a fatted goose, it’s not going to walk well,” he says.

From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2015

Feasting on the fatted calf of divine grace, every day was thanksgiving.

From Time ● Feb. 13, 2015

‘And we’ll kill the fatted calf—you long-lost whatever-you-are. Come an hour after candles are lit. Prodigal Son, what? Got a cup, has he?’

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes

"I had three weeks off after the US Open and you probably saw a little bit on Thursday I was fatting a few shots," said Hatton.

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2023

Even when steep swingers hit it solid, they take deep divots—they're always on the verge of fatting it.

From Golf Digest ● Mar. 13, 2017

The nutritious nature of barley is amply proved by the effect, and very rapid effect, of its meal, in the fatting of hogs and of poultry of all descriptions.

From Cottage Economy To Which Is Added The Poor Man's Friend by William Cobbett

The produce of an irritable boar are almost certain to inherit this quality which is fatal to profitable fatting.

From The Pig Breeding, Rearing, and Marketing by Sanders Spencer

No; but how should I, with this grief still at my heart, take to the milking of your cows, the fatting of your calves, the making of your butter, and the managing of your poultry?

From Becket and other plays by Alfred Tennyson, Baron Tennyson


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