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Recent Examples of beefy The tender, beefy flat iron is my go-to at the counter-service restaurant that also makes one of the city’s best burgers. Ana Gutierrez, Austin American-Statesman, 12 Nov. 2024 Under the hood remained a mix of inline-sixes and V-8s, with the powertrain lineup growing in size and power after a 1986 mid-life refresh; the beefiest, a 5.5-liter eight-cylinder found in the 560 SEL, reached 296 hp. Will Sabel Courtney, Robb Report, 8 Oct. 2024 Prime Video on Tuesday morning announced a series order for a spinoff of Reacher, one of the streamer’s beefiest hits, centered on Maria Sten‘s Frances Neagley. Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 1 Oct. 2024 And this time, beefier 4-pot Brembo brakes were added to the package. Peter Lyon, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for beefy 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for beefy
Adjective
  • Berg himself noted the importance of realism in creating a powerful story.
    Erik Kain, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
  • At the same time, those gains continue to be threatened as powerful, dry winds ignite and intensify flames.
    Juliana Kim, NPR, 10 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • The investment firm upgraded shares of the athletic footwear and clothing retailer to overweight from neutral.
    Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 10 Jan. 2025
  • But Hayes was unaware of her athletic capabilities.
    Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 10 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • In the end, New York Rep. Jamaal Bowman, the brash and burly pro-Palestinian progressive, couldn’t overcome a deluge of outside spending by pro-Israel groups to unseat him.
    Scott Wong, NBC news, 31 Dec. 2024
  • Tall and burly but endearingly boyish in his thigh-baring shorts, Gatos is completely winning as a man who doesn’t impose his curiosity in the world around him, on the world around him, though his subtle interior illumination upon finding a potential kindred spirit is a joy to see.
    Guy Lodge, Variety, 28 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Normani continues to show off her personal innovations on Brandy’s vocal playbook, while Khalid displays his growth as a duet partner, offering up a rich, husky complement to Mani’s airier timbre.
    Kyle Denis, Billboard, 9 Dec. 2024
  • The country titan performed a series a barnburners that ran on his husky, soulful voice.
    Mars Salazar, Austin American-Statesman, 11 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • The Apple AirPods 4 promise impressive sound quality and active noise-cancellation in their small but mighty package, and the latest MacBook Pro is equipped with a high-end display and an M4 chip for super speed and a long battery life.
    Clara McMahon, People.com, 17 Jan. 2025
  • The red field highlights our present: Illinois' most iconic border, formed by the mighty Mississippi.
    Mark Harris, Chicago Tribune, 15 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • There are machines with brawny German beer maids, flawless Chinese geishas, Manchu emperors on golden buffalo.
    Jonathan Rowe, SPIN, 18 Dec. 2024
  • Their warm and wet climates couldn’t produce the brawny horses needed for their cavalries.
    David Chaffetz, Fortune Asia, 15 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Their film is a cry for children left to their own devices — literally in the case of Apolline’s hulking Alienware gaming laptop.
    J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 10 Jan. 2025
  • This is a hulking monstrosity of a PC case that can, for some reason, fit an E-ATX motherboard, an ITX motherboard, and the power supplies, fans, and GPUs for both systems in the same case at the same time.
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 10 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Rows of sturdy two- and three-story flats stand at attention on countless streets.
    Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 14 Jan. 2025
  • During renovation work, the men’s first team have been moved into the women’s building, with the women housed in a temporary — but sturdy — portable cabin, and the Graduate Lounge has been turned into the academy and women’s teams’ canteen.
    Charlotte Harpur, The Athletic, 13 Jan. 2025

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“Beefy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beefy. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.

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