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bodiless

[bod-ee-lis, -i-lis] / ˈbɒd i lɪs, -ɪ lɪs /


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There’s plenty of hypothetical innovation, too: ramjet fusion machines, antimatter engines and “laser porting” of human connectomes to enable bodiless exploration of the cosmos.

From Nature ● Feb. 6, 2018

Quickly, the case of the bodiless woman, whom they now call Jane Doe, went cold.

From Reuters ● Nov. 2, 2017

It now begins not with its stars at separate vanity tables, contemplating their visages, but with a chorus of smartly dressed women heeding the call of a bodiless voice to beautify themselves.

From New York Times ● Apr. 6, 2017

The series defines the contours of an ever-growing modern form of intimacy: the bodiless, online romance.

From The New Yorker ● Sep. 3, 2015

I turned out the light and tried to drop back to sleep, but Joan's face floated before me, bodiless and smiling, like the face of the Cheshire cat.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath


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