skinny

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After Amarin lost patent protection on the first indication, Hikma received FDA approval to make the drug with a skinny label to treat severe hypertriglyceridemia.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

Before he was a skinny piano player, he was a skinny accordion player.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026

Eurocentric and Western beauty standards, further reinforced by 90s diet culture, also promoted skinny as the new sexy.

From Salon • May 17, 2026

"I typed in 'weight-loss injections'. I just wanted to lose weight as quickly as I could. I thought if I was skinny again, people would accept me - and I'd accept myself."

From BBC • Feb. 22, 2026

I laughed and said, “Aw, Grandma, I know I’m a little skinny, but I don’t look like a fishing pole, do I?”

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls