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Recent Examples of anorexic
Her oldest daughter, Sadie, 26, speaks up when her mom’s anorexic behaviors flare.
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Deanna Weniger, Twin Cities, 28 Dec. 2019
His team has previously found cancer patients with an anorexic and muscle-wasting syndrome called cachexia also have high blood levels of GDF15.
—Roni Dengler, Science | AAAS, 21 Mar. 2018
His treatment for anorexic girls involved sitting the whole family down for lunch and urging the parents to use all means to get their daughters to eat.
—Faye Fiore, Washington Post, 4 Nov. 2017
Yet the building itself is almost anorexic in its proportions, with 13 floors soaring over a lot barely 30 feet wide.
—Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Oct. 2017
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Deanna Weniger, Twin Cities, 28 Dec. 2019
His team has previously found cancer patients with an anorexic and muscle-wasting syndrome called cachexia also have high blood levels of GDF15.
—Roni Dengler, Science | AAAS, 21 Mar. 2018
His treatment for anorexic girls involved sitting the whole family down for lunch and urging the parents to use all means to get their daughters to eat.
—Faye Fiore, Washington Post, 4 Nov. 2017
Yet the building itself is almost anorexic in its proportions, with 13 floors soaring over a lot barely 30 feet wide.
—Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Oct. 2017
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for anorexic
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Shortly before Thanksgiving, Florida's Broward County Animal Services found the emaciated canine injured and alone in a park.Kelli Bender, People.com, 4 Dec. 2024
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In February, a 46-foot-long whale was found washed up on an Oregon shore — emaciated, entangled and covered in what appears to be wounds from killer whales.CBS News, CBS News, 20 Nov. 2024
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Antonio ended up in intensive care at Dell’s Children's Medical Center and was gaunt, his blood coagulating.Emiliano Tahui Gómez, Austin American-Statesman, 24 Nov. 2024
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The hostages appeared gaunt in the disturbing black-and-white footage.Andrea Vacchiano, Fox News, 2 Sep. 2024
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The Celts conducted the cremation rite with great skill, which is why only small fragments of skeletal remains have been preserved at the site.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Nov. 2024
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The skeletal remains of both species have been found at the site.Katie Hunt, CNN, 28 Nov. 2024
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The face that confronted him was haggard and gaunt, its hair and beard unkempt.Greg Jackson, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
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These are films about a haggard failson trying to hold his life together with the help of a wise-cracking goo monster who longs for the taste of human brains.Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge, 24 Oct. 2024
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Staff Pick: The weird and wacky treasures at HomeGoods Jeff Greenberg / Universal Images Group via Getty Images A lanky horse statue.Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 21 Nov. 2024
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Carboni is a lanky, left-footed forward with a clean touch, and more importantly, the blessing of Messi.Felipe Cardenas, The Athletic, 14 July 2024
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Some lawns have large weedy areas; remove and add new sod or plugs. 9.Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 30 Nov. 2024
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Native plants fight for space with weedy elephant grass, Brazilian pepper and other invasive species.Patrick Farrell, Sun Sentinel, 21 Apr. 2024
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Plus, the kid isn’t dead either, as his flailing pale self that looks on the verge of the cadaverous pops out of the trunk Jack shoves him in.Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 1 Sep. 2024
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Moreover, keeping the cadaverous Biden in the White House is a daily reminder to the American people of the feebleness and anemia of the Democratic Party, which taints Harris by association.Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 23 July 2024
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Ringed by mountains and a bald expanse of Arizona desert, red and yellow cranes cast spindly shadows over the cubic skeletons of what will become multistory buildings.Laura Gersony, The Arizona Republic, 14 Oct. 2024
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Try a bottle of La Tomato ($19.95, though quite a bit more with shipping), from the Japanese distillery Godo Shusei Co, an ice-clear concoction made with fresh tomato juice; its vegetal sweetness will sing when poured into spindly, garden-green cordial glasses from Ferm Living ($69 for four).Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2024
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“Anorexic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anorexic. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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