fat
Example Sentences
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The exasperation young people feel at older folks, with our fat bank accounts struggling to program our televisions or upload videos, is understandable.
From Barron's
An xAI recruiter described the approach as “Cut the fat. Build the muscle,” in a Friday post on X.
From MarketWatch
What came of it was a far more concise album: “All meat, no fat,” he says, before pausing.
From Los Angeles Times
At home, that means remembering that fat is not the enemy — it is the infrastructure.
From Salon
Not the skinny kind they made for a couple of years, but the fat one.
From Literature
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