skinny

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Eurocentric and Western beauty standards, further reinforced by 90s diet culture, also promoted skinny as the new sexy.

From Salon • May 17, 2026

Iowa farmer Lance Lillibridge told AFP that cattle producers have been "living off very skinny margins" for years.

From Barron's • Feb. 15, 2026

For weeks, social-media feeds have been littered with decade-old images of matte makeup, Snapchat filters and skinny jeans.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026

The puffin was later collected by the wildlife experts who told her it was skinny and was likely to have been struggling a while.

From BBC • Jan. 28, 2026

I laughed and said, “Aw, Grandma, I know I’m a little skinny, but I don’t look like a fishing pole, do I?”

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls