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muscle

[muhs-uhl] / ˈmʌs əl /
NOUN
large fibers of animal body
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As competition over scarce resources sets in, big companies use their buying power and relational importance to muscle out other buyers.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026

They have muscle memory from their last Ashes rebuild four years ago, against the same opponents, beginning on the same ground.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

These signals travel through axons, the long nerve fibers that allow neurons to send messages and control muscle movement.

From Science Daily • May 29, 2026

More than make a career, what it does is it gives you sort of a muscle memory to start to see the things that human beings do that are not right.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

A muscle twitched under his jawbone on the left side of his face.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson




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