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a distinct and separate portion of matter to the early explorers the Atlantic was a gigantic and forbidding body of water

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as in faction
a group of people acting together within a larger group feared that there was a body of extremists within the labor union

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verb

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Recent Examples of body
Noun
So Far The village oracle cursed Kratos by literally bonding the ashes of his deceased family to his body, earning him the Ghost of Sparta nickname for his ghostly white visage. Diego Argüello, Rolling Stone, 22 Mar. 2025 The young actor has a disconcerting awareness of the roiling potential of his changing body. Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2025
Verb
On the next Boston possession, Brown bodied Dennis Schröder in transition for a driving bucket. Jay King, The Athletic, 21 Jan. 2025 The studio executives who hired her for the show began to body shame her as soon as she got selected for the role. Zack Sharf, Variety, 16 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for body
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Noun
  • Florida persevered despite losing starting sophomore power forward Alex Condon, who limped off the floor without putting any weight on his right ankle with 12:16 left in the first half.
    Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 28 Mar. 2025
  • These weights are a key feature of neural networks like large language models.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 27 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Pandora, which competes in the same mass and accessible jewelry segment as Signet, generated 14% revenue growth in the U.S. last year and experienced 8% same-store sales growth.
    Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025
  • Its cap is a shriveled mass of brown folds, darker than the caramel hue of the true morel.
    Shayla Love, The Atlantic, 23 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The group holds two main cards for credibility among Palestinians: forcing Israel to release Palestinian prisoners, and being the only Palestinian faction able to end the war.
    TIME, TIME, 23 Mar. 2025
  • The vote would go on to be one of several 3-2 decisions that divided the City Commission into two factions, with Lago and Anderson on one side, and Commissioners Ariel Fernandez, Melissa Castro and Kirk Menendez having the majority.
    Tess Riski, Miami Herald, 22 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • And there’s a sector of the Puerto Rican filmmaking community that offers services to these productions.
    Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2025
  • Those include the Health Resources and Services Administration, which oversees and provides funding for hundreds of community health centers around the country, as well as the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, which funds clinics and oversees the national 988 hotline.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 28 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Shatner became the oldest person to go into space in 2021 at 90 when he was invited to ride on Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin New Shepard rocket.
    Brie Stimson, Fox News, 23 Mar. 2025
  • The attack set fire to a car on a highway in the Rostov region, with one person inside the vehicle killed, said Yury Slyusar, the region's acting governor.
    David Brennan, ABC News, 23 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • In response to this incident, officials at the Maine DMR worked closely with other groups to expand the study of white sharks and their behavior in Maine’s coastal waters.
    Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
  • Israel launched a war on Hamas in Gaza on October 7, 2023, following the militant group’s surprise attack on southern Israel that killed 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and took 251 hostage, according to Israeli authorities.
    Nadeen Ebrahim and Ibrahim Dahman, CNN, 23 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • While gold will continue to offer stability, predictability, and traditional safe-haven characteristics, Bitcoin will likely embody risk, innovation, and digital transformation.
    Sandy Carter, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
  • Brimming with blissfully bare beaches and rolling green hillsides that hide quaint cottages and understated villas, Bequia embodies relaxation.
    Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 26 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Remember: at its core, innovation is about seeing a problem and solving it with a better process, product, or way of doing business.
    Mark Nevins, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
  • Of course, as any grandmother will tell you, those things are important, too, but the core of hospitality is creating a sense of comfort where visitors (and family) feel truly at ease.
    Nicole Letts, Southern Living, 23 Mar. 2025

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“Body.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/body. Accessed 5 Apr. 2025.

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