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skinny

[skin-ee] / ˈskɪn i /


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Jeans remain the core of Levi’s business, and skinny, slim, bootcut and straight fits still make up the bulk of its bottoms segment.

From MarketWatch Jul. 9, 2026

The small, skinny, teenage midfielder was very protective of his flowing locks.

From BBC Jun. 17, 2026

The Hatch-Waxman Act lets generic manufacturers seek Food and Drug Administration approval to market copycats with so-called skinny labels.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 4, 2026

The fits came into focus: Alex Israel in a skinny suit.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 2, 2026

“He’s a skinny kid. I wouldn’t be surprised.”

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste

“It skinnies it a bit to make it a little more palatable going forward, but it focuses on some of our youngest learners and our highest-poverty elementary schools,” Riccelli said.

From Seattle Times Mar. 2, 2023

To loose-fit evangelists who have — since at least 2020, when comfort became the priority during pandemic lockdowns and denim brands struggled for survival — been declaring skinnies uncool, that may come as a surprise.

From Washington Post Jan. 27, 2023

The last thing he wants is for developers to swoop in and demolish buildings that could be saved, just to make way for tall skinnies and Airbnb’s.

From Washington Times Mar. 15, 2020

Casting aside the signature skinnies and grinnies that characterize the glossy pages of Elle and Vogue, Mirabella in its fashion pages features lesser-known models with figures of more realistic proportions.

From Time Magazine Archive

They cloth themselues with the skinnies of those beasts, because they haue nothing else to make them apparell withall.

From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation. Vol. XIII. America. Part II. by Hakluyt, Richard

Type B communities offer a skinnier version of the lifecare contract.

From Barron's Jun. 20, 2026

Coca-Cola is selling soda in skinnier, cheaper bottles.

From The Wall Street Journal May 28, 2026

“The skinnier you are, the more respected and prettier you’re viewed. It’s ridiculous,” Madder said.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 3, 2025

But editorial director of British Vogue told the BBC the fashion industry "should be concerned" by a recent trend towards a return of skinnier models.

From BBC Feb. 11, 2025

He looks even skinnier than usual, almost a scarecrow.

From "Lucky Broken Girl" by Ruth Behar

It can claim to be one of Britain's skinniest homes, but there was plenty of interest when a house in the south Wales valleys sold for just under £45,000, around twice the estimate.

From BBC Apr. 20, 2026

“Without looking over my shoulder first, it’s one of the first places I ever wore my skinniest pair of jeans without being afraid of what someone might call me.”

From Seattle Times Dec. 30, 2022

Around them you have Isthmus Cove, Catalina Harbor and half a mile of land in between them, the skinniest bit of the island.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 29, 2022

The skinniest, wiriest player on our team slipped behind the Keesler defense to urinate on the Airmen’s goal, an obvious foul.

From New York Times Aug. 18, 2021

The Mona Lisa was tiny—the size of the smallest, skinniest tourist at the Eiffel Tower.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day




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