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fatty

[fat-ee] / ˈfæt i /
ADJECTIVE
full of adipose tissue
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONGEST
WEAK


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Features such as molecular weight and monosaccharide composition may determine which bacteria can use the compounds as a substrate and which short-chain fatty acids are ultimately produced.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026

Long used for weight loss and diabetes, the Food and Drug Administration has approved certain GLP-1s for additional uses, including obstructive sleep apnea, chronic kidney disease and severe fatty liver disease.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

But other drugs in Roche’s pipeline such as enicepatide for obesity, pegozafermin for fatty liver disease and fenebrutinib for multiple sclerosis could see upgrades to consensus expectations, they add.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

When PPARδ signaling is active, it promotes fatty acid oxidation and helps limit the accumulation of lipids inside cells.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 5, 2026

It is actually cheaper to eat high-calorie, fatty, processed foods than whole foods.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan

I’d probably be considered a bad fatty and so would a lot of other fatties I know.

From Time ● Jan. 5, 2015

And I know it's a morality tale like Shockheaded Peter, but those children were bullies and pyromaniacs, not shy fatties.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 26, 2013

Pigeons don’t migrate, though, and despite their seasonal weight gain, birds tend not to be among the world’s top fatties.

From Slate ● Apr. 18, 2012

“No. They’re sports stars, actors, artists. The men with stringy hair are musicians, I think. The really ugly ones are politicians, and someone told me the fatties are mostly comedians.”

From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld

Say, all the fifty-seven varieties was represented,—tall ones, short ones, thin ones,219 plump ones, and plain fatties.

From Torchy by George Brehm

It could be that processing the ground pork patties, which involved grinding the meat and adding the fattier meat to the lean, affected the kinetics of digestion.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2025

They often import lean beef from countries such as Australia and New Zealand to blend with fattier U.S. supplies to make hamburgers.

From Reuters ● Nov. 10, 2023

But it won’t make up for the loss of the Chinook, which are bigger, fattier fish that are in higher demand.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 25, 2023

Gill says fattier guanciale results in softer bites of meat.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 23, 2022

"I wonder if you have anything to do with an old friend of my fattier, Archdeacon Bakkus?"

From The Mountebank by William John Locke

The brain is the body's fattiest organ, with fatty compounds called lipids making up 60% of its weight.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 5, 2024

Many people nowadays shy from eating pork, especially the fattiest parts, but it serves as the base and the literal meat and bones of Hoppin’ John.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 23, 2022

Cold water produces the biggest, fattiest varieties of zooplankton.

From Washington Times ● Jan. 15, 2020

A lumbering, chunky beast clad in a sheep-like coat of hair, it is the hairiest and fattiest of pigs.

From The Guardian ● Dec. 27, 2019

And spring chinook — the biggest, fattiest prize — throughout the Northwest are among the most depleted, including in the Columbia and its largest tributary, the Snake River.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 24, 2019




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