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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

He pulled out his phone and recorded himself dumping fat streams of quarters into collection buckets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

Because this hormone helps control glucose and fat metabolism, inadequate sleep may contribute to an increased risk of obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 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

Big, fat flakes came and settled, threatening to cover the path if we didn’t hurry.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff

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

Higher blood levels of dairy trans fats were also not associated with a greater risk of developing type 2 diabetes.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026

The researchers wanted to determine whether the trans fats naturally found in dairy foods should be viewed in the same way.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026

Trans fats are a type of unsaturated fat.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026

“Like your fats and oils boss help you?”

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen

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

Investors zeroed in on United’s potentially fatter jet-fuel bill — the airline said it expects nearly $6 billion in additional fuel expenses for the year, based on crude prices as of Tuesday.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026

IN THE MORNING, Nim’s knee was hotter and fatter, with red lines streaking around the ooze.

From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr

Though at least he wasn’t mindlessly competing with the lab next door for the fattest IPO.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Sometimes we all need some joy in life, such as contemplating the fattest bears without all the other gloomy stuff in the world.

From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026

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

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026

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

“With a worm, of course. Seagulls love worms, didn’t you know that? And luckily for us, we have here the biggest, fattest, pinkest, juiciest Earthworm in the world.”

From "James and the Giant Peach" by Roald Dahl

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

Overfull, teaming, something fatted and overfed, like livestock.”

From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2015

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

From Time ● Feb. 13, 2015

Grace’s hands are fists, her fatted chin is trembling, her eyes are pink and watery, like a laboratory rabbit’s.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

"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

For fatting cattle," says Mr. Edmonds, of Cirencester, "I should recommend two parts hay and one part straw, or in forward animals three parts hay and one part straw cut in chaff.

From The Stock-Feeder's Manual the chemistry of food in relation to the breeding and feeding of live stock by Sir Charles Alexander Cameron

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

Amongst these ideas which the old-fashioned ones looked upon as fads, was that of feeding pigs of all ages and especially fatting pigs on a certain proportion of vegetable food.

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


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