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girth

[gurth] / gɜrθ /
NOUN
measurement around the waist
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NOUN
a band
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Speaking of which: The Multistrada’s most outrageous dimension is not its height but its girth.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026

Yet he seems to have developed this superiority as much through charisma and kindness as from sheer girth.

From Salon ● May 27, 2024

I have quite a few memories of playing around its roots and marveling at its girth.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 7, 2024

He had the thrilling job of measuring the first shark’s length and girth.

From Scientific American ● Oct. 18, 2023

Twenty years had passed since the last Fischer–Spassky showdown, but each of the three main players seemed approximately the same—excepting some gray hairs, additional furrows, and extra girth around the middle.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

There’s a lot of hedging going on, though the science is real, the photography spectacular and the girths of the subjects prompt impolite questions: Are you pregnant?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026

Richardson is a perfect example of the extent to which the sheer girths of owners’ egos are eclipsing what should be the NFL’s true narrative: the game.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 18, 2017

How to reconcile a lifestyle founded on getting fat and a need to convince others not to widen their own girths?

From Scientific American ● May 8, 2012

He disapproves of large girths in the Senate.

From Time Magazine Archive

“Be reasonable, lad,” said the bodyguard, tightening the girths on the saddle.

From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer




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