as in meat
animal and especially mammal tissue used as food
eats no flesh of any kind, only fruits, grains, and vegetables
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The tiny green flesh is filled with vitamin B6, vitamin E, folic acid, and minerals such as potassium, magnesium, iron, and zinc, as well as lutein and zeaxanthin, which are key for eye health.
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Alessandra Signorelli, Vogue, 30 Dec. 2024
His teams at Barcelona, Bayern Munich and then City represent his ideas made flesh, given perfect form.
—Rory Smith, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024
The slabs of flesh were expensive, and the thought of handling them disturbed me.
—Lola Méndez, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
The first entry in his calendar for the interregnum was a week's R&R in Plains, working the telephone, pondering his briefing books and mending in flesh and spirit after 22 months on the road.
—Peter Goldman, Newsweek, 29 Dec. 2024
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Alessandra Signorelli, Vogue, 30 Dec. 2024
His teams at Barcelona, Bayern Munich and then City represent his ideas made flesh, given perfect form.
—Rory Smith, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024
The slabs of flesh were expensive, and the thought of handling them disturbed me.
—Lola Méndez, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
The first entry in his calendar for the interregnum was a week's R&R in Plains, working the telephone, pondering his briefing books and mending in flesh and spirit after 22 months on the road.
—Peter Goldman, Newsweek, 29 Dec. 2024
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“Flesh.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flesh. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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