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fat

[fat] / fæt /


ADJECTIVE
containing an oily substance
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The cheese clings to the warm crackers, the pepper blooms in the fat and the whole thing eats like the bar snack version of cacio e pepe.

From Salon Jul. 14, 2026

Scientists from the University of California San Diego and collaborating institutions examined data from an earlier clinical trial involving 108 adults with HIV-associated lipohypertrophy, a condition that causes excess fat to accumulate around the abdomen.

From Science Daily Jul. 14, 2026

Danny Skinner, who farms at Duncanstone near Insch, Aberdeenshire, has around 450 sows and sells about 270 "fat pigs" every week.

From BBC Jul. 10, 2026

She stood 5-foot-6 and weighed 180 pounds, of which 36% was body fat.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 6, 2026

As soon as it fit, the stone turned into a wooden door with fat iron hinges and a door handle.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova

Researchers observed greater breakdown of fats, carbohydrates, and amino acids.

From Science Daily Jul. 3, 2026

When energy production becomes less efficient, cells compensate by consuming larger amounts of fuel, including fats, carbohydrates, and proteins.

From Science Daily Jul. 3, 2026

You can also add granola with oats and nuts that contribute healthy fats that slow glucose absorption.

From MarketWatch Jun. 21, 2026

They contain nitrates, high levels of sodium and saturated fats, and aromatic hydrocarbons that increase the risk of cancer, hypertension, and heart disease.

From MarketWatch Jun. 21, 2026

It’s enough to tell you that we’ve divided many things like meat and fats and oils and are frying, our own potatoes.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank

“We’re getting fatter and dumber, and our mental health is deteriorating,” the author writes, which is what “a half century-plus of mass-affluence consumerism has brought us.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 2, 2026

Boosting isn’t a solution, but it is an equalizer, reminding upper management that a different title and fatter salary don’t exempt them from compassion, inside or outside the store.

From Salon May 22, 2026

With fatter profit margins from AI, earnings can grow 14% annually through 2027.

From Barron's Mar. 10, 2026

SNPs have even fatter profit margins than traditional Medicare Advantage plans.

From MarketWatch Mar. 6, 2026

With this class, though, she’s probably going to have a fatter stack of referrals.

From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers

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

The fattest part of the barrel is actually closer to the handle, with the idea of redistributing more mass to an area where some hitters make more frequent contact.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 4, 2025

“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

I plopped myself down in my polka-dotted sunsuit and picked off the fattest ants to eat.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García

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 film also captures a tradition that would soon disappear from New Orleans Mardi Gras — the “boeuf gras,” or fatted ox, paraded around the city.

From New York Times Jun. 23, 2022

At the Honda Classic one year, I fatted my second shot on the par-4 second hole into a muddy area left of the green.

From Golf Digest Oct. 19, 2016

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

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

Some corn and some raw Swedish turnips, or carrots, or white cabbages, or lettuces, make the best fatting.

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

Again, so many persons are apt to give to the fatting pig a greater quantity of food than it requires or can eat with comfort to itself at one meal.

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

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 Ruskin, John




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