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fat

[fat] / fæt /


ADJECTIVE
containing an oily substance
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Cereal companies also attempt to avoid unappetizing stickers, mandated in some other countries, warning of high sugar or fat content.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 17, 2026

Within those groups, participants were assigned either a diet higher in fat and lower in carbohydrates or one lower in fat and higher in carbohydrates.

From Science Daily Sep. 16, 2026

It appeared as cooking oil, frying fat, shortening, salad dressing, mayonnaise and an inconspicuous ingredient in packaged foods.

From Salon Sep. 13, 2026

Overhead, airplanes screech across a fat blue sky in a hurry to who knows where.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 11, 2026

The fat, happy cub kept close to his side, his bushy silver tail held high.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

Cut off from imported fats and oils, U.S. processors turned to domestic vegetable oils, especially soybean oil.

From Salon Sep. 13, 2026

Some cosmetics, medicines and supplements contain gelatin, animal fats, alcohol or other ingredients whose origins matter to observant consumers.

From MarketWatch Aug. 12, 2026

Takeaways high in fats, salt and sugar are more widely available in areas of high deprivation where people are at higher risk of obesity.

From BBC Aug. 7, 2026

"This is really underscoring the importance of healthy fats in keeping metabolism intact and functional," said Oral.

From Science Daily Jul. 26, 2026

Trans fats are also used in processed snacks, baked goods, and many other processed foods.

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

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

Shares in Springer Nature SPG 6.91%increase; green up pointing triangle climbed after the academic publisher said it expects further sales growth and fatter profit margins this year.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 17, 2026

In the last few days the poor beast had improved wonderfully; it already seemed fatter and stronger, and had begun to show an affection for its new masters, especially for Sam.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien

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

From MarketWatch Jul. 24, 2026

This is partly why she pursued the research: She wanted to figure out what characterizes the few with the fattest paychecks.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 30, 2026

“America has now become the fattest nation in the world. Congratulations,” a voice narrates.

From New York Times May 12, 2024

And second, Sgr A* isn't even the fattest hole we've seen.

From Salon Mar. 28, 2024

Finally, the biggest, fattest caterpillars began to nod their heads slowly from side to side, covering themselves in a web of silk.

From "The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science" by Joyce Sidman

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

He tried this flop shot from there and kind of fatted it and came up short.

From Golf Digest Apr. 4, 2017

“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

I could tell he had not considered the possibility that all the fatted ships he had traveled so far to plunder might be at the bottom of the sea by the time he got there.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri

"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

He is nearly always killing pigs; sometimes beating the oak for them; with Spenser, fatting them.

From The Stones of Venice, Volume II (of 3), by John Ruskin

I should think that the cabbages or lettuces perform half the work of keeping and fatting my geese; and these are things that really cost nothing.

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

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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