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muscle

[muhs-uhl] / ˈmʌs əl /
NOUN
large fibers of animal body
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Wei Shen, an assistant professor at Columbia University and body composition researcher, said lean mass shouldn’t be equated with muscle, because it includes other non-fat tissues in addition to muscle.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

The study found that people taking the drug lost about two-thirds to three-quarters less thigh muscle than those taking semaglutide alone.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

“We now routinely measure functional outcomes in terms of muscle strength or activity in these clinical trials, and we usually see a very significant benefit,” said Dan Skovronsky, Lilly’s chief scientific officer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

Researchers also examined another important issue: how to reduce body fat without losing muscle in the process.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026

He looked a little soft but it was the softness of muscle gone to flesh.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

Leigh had previously said he was suffering from a medical condition affecting his muscles and that it would probably be his "last film".

From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026

“Well, your ‘mind’ is what’s going to save your dream, not your muscles.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

The wings are driven by soft artificial muscles that contract rapidly enough to produce extremely fast wingbeats.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

He said he did this to loosen up his neck, cheekbone and jaw bone muscles in order to get his lip on to his nose.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

His hair is cut low, in a fade that feeds into the muscles in his neck.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

He muscled his way past a defender and poked the ball home, establishing the 24-year-old as America’s top goal-scoring presence.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026

With the Wayans brothers firmly back in the driver’s seat, horror parody “Scary Movie” muscled its way past He-Man for the top spot at the box office this weekend.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2026

Prop Sarah Bern muscled her way over to level the scores on 20 minutes, before Meg Jones hacked on a loose ball and Ellie Kildunne gathered to stretch away on the half hour.

From BBC ● May 17, 2026

Anthropic, run by the former OpenAI executive Dario Amodei, has muscled further into financial services since it launched a suite of tools catering to banks, financial-technology firms, and others last year.

From Barron's ● May 5, 2026

They groaned from the tremendous effort, but together, they slowly muscled the massive thing into position, and aimed it directly at the mining robot.

From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown

He tore his ACL in practice and, after muscling through that disappointment, is now a first-time feature director with “Voices,” a lean and loud musical-thriller about thwarted dreams.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026

On the whole, however, economists say there’s no sign AI is muscling people out of their jobs on a massive scale.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026

High-speed direct-to-device data plans are another example of space-based systems muscling in on traditional terrestrial wireless data providers.

From Barron's ● Mar. 29, 2026

As the operator, you can override the lane-change feature by muscling the car into a new lane.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 20, 2025

The colt sagged inward, muscling his shoulder and hip into the smaller Seabiscuit.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand




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