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flesh

[flesh] / flɛʃ /




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Thank you for providing enough details to flesh out some real sense of your options.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 2026

Blais, 72, has avoided door-to-door campaigning this year due to aggressive dogs -- in contrast to Libertarian Party candidate Taner Lopez, 46, who has been pressing the flesh at every opportunity.

From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026

There was an expectation that Burnham's time in Liverpool for his party's conference would see him flesh out his vision for the future of the country.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

“To view it in the flesh was truly shocking.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

His spear yanked itself free of the god’s flesh and flew back to Bob’s hand, which made Annabeth gulp in amazement.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

That earlier book floated an eye-catching thesis that Mr. Mandelbaum now fleshes out fully: that U.S. foreign policy is, indeed, distinctive, being “unusually ideological, unusually economic, and unusually democratic.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

The film shares the same narrative structure as past versions but fleshes out sequences that necessitate more introspection to enhance the story’s already enchanting framework.

From Salon ● Dec. 24, 2024

The board fleshes out detailed regulations based on laws enacted by the Legislature, with input from the public and state scientists.

From New York Times ● Mar. 25, 2024

It fleshes out a world that feels rooted in the reality of Hong Kong’s nuanced politics around race and gender.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 25, 2024

A glance into the classrooms of the Los Angeles public school system, where my sons are being educated, fleshes out the abstract debates with the faces of children.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

The exhibition’s 11 sections unfold not chronologically, but more in the manner of evolution on earth, moving from simple and crystalline to complex and fleshed out.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026

By the 2000s, some franchises offered games that fleshed out or complemented the worlds depicted on the silver screen.

From Barron's ● May 26, 2026

Professors Carlos Manuel Vázquez and Steve Vladeck fleshed out the theory in an important 2013 article that has only grown more relevant since.

From Slate ● Apr. 15, 2026

There are no needless digressions, and their architecture is as robust and tightly engineered as their characters are fully fleshed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 2, 2026

As time progressed, Aditya became more and more fleshed out, more substantial.

From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon

The luxurious hotel complex was proposed by Washington and Tehran, and their Pakistani and Qatari mediators, for the negotiations aimed at fleshing out their preliminary agreement on ending nearly four months of war.

From Barron's ● Jun. 21, 2026

We’re all for peace-making, but this idea could use some fleshing out.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 20, 2026

But if that’s the case, “Hamnet” should spend far more time fleshing out its titular character than its tertiary ones, letting the viewer see so much more of little Hamnet’s life than we’re ultimately afforded.

From Salon ● Nov. 30, 2025

Like a rich novel, “About Dry Grasses” takes its time fleshing out its central players, who are each grappling with their own metaphorical purgatories.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 22, 2024

Anyone who tries to occupy this ‘best of both worlds’ position needs to face up to a further challenge, that of fleshing out the notion that nature pushes back.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton


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