beefy
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The company, the largest contract chip maker in the world by revenue, is enjoying beefy gross profit margins, with sales rising faster than expenses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026
At the start of this year, beefy pickups and SUVs were back in favor on Wall Street.
From Barron's ● Mar. 20, 2026
FBI leadership has discussed sending "large, beefy" agents in Kevlar vests to bring Mr Comey to his court arraignment in Alexandria next week, CBS reports.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2025
Classic moves lean umami-heavy: think beefy gravy for a poutine and disco fries, chili for the diner classic.
From Salon ● Sep. 16, 2025
The wind is starting to provoke the water, and a big beefy cloud drifts toward us.
From "I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter" by Erika L. Sánchez
That means they skirt the border of being objects called brown dwarfs, which are beefier than proper planets but don’t have quite enough oomph to ignite nuclear fusion in their cores to become true stars.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 6, 2023
An urgency to move away from fossil fuels is leading to a rush - particularly in Europe - for bigger and beefier heat pump systems that can power entire towns.
From BBC ● May 29, 2023
The beefier Wildcats scored 30 points in the paint and made it tough for the Trojans to get into any kind of offensive rhythm.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 19, 2023
This is not the Calhoun of the vice-presidential years — that Calhoun, circa 1825 to 1832, was beefier, clean-shaven and well-coiffed.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 21, 2022
There was the fact that they were an unusually big and athletic bunch, averaging 190 pounds, beefier and stronger on average than the juniors and seniors.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
Electric versions of the industry’s beefiest SUVs and pickups are stark embodiments of America’s EV reckoning.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2025
In Pennsylvania, John Fetterman rose to prominence as the biggest, beefiest lieutenant governor the land had ever seen.
From Slate ● Nov. 2, 2022
Don’t look now, but the USB-C connector is evolving under your nose — soon, it’ll carry 240W of electricity, more than double its previous limit and enough to power all but the beefiest laptops.
From The Verge ● Aug. 2, 2022
“Tusk” was the beefiest of the lot, and Rhino’s massive new exploration delves into the creation of Fleetwood Mac’s most famous spectacle.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 8, 2016
When we reached the beach, they told me to put my arms at my sides, and the beefiest guy grabbed two rolls of duct tape from the sand.
From "Looking for Alaska" by John Green
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