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fat

adjective as in containing an oily substance

adjective as in productive, rich

noun as in adipose tissue

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Stocks, gold, and crypto are hitting record highs, and portfolio balances are fat.

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The former Fox News personality turned Defense Secretary explained that meant no “fat troops,” fewer women in combat roles and, amazingly, “No beardos.”

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Doctors didn’t push statins, which had just become available, to control it, and she consumed lots of saturated fat.

“I didn’t know what I saw when I looked in the mirror. Was I fat? Was I thin? I don’t know. You lose all sense of reality,” she said.

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Yet automakers often favor pricey trucks and luxury sport-utility vehicles because they produce fatter profits.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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