bloat
Example Sentences
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Fleetwood, my chaperone for the voyage, heaves his bloated and blistered trotters into a pan of water.
From Literature
Europe's elite club competition is now more bloated than ever since the expansion last season to 36 teams in the Champions League proper.
From Barron's
For the moment at least, the layoff story is centered on bloat.
Facebook owner Meta has also cut jobs over the past year, in a move intended to remove organizational bloat following aggressive hiring during the pandemic.
From Barron's
He also announced cuts for 300,000 personnel to trim bloat in the military.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
