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as in power
muscular strength
I'm going to need someone with real muscle to help me move all this furniture
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as in strength
the ability to exert effort for the accomplishment of a task
at the time the military lacked the muscle to fight two wars at once
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as in to force
to cause (a person) to give in to pressure
he was muscled out of command by his opponents at military headquarters
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Recent Examples of muscle
Pranoti Mandrekar, The Conversation, 7 Apr. 2025
Adults may develop a duck-footed walk due to hip, ankle, or foot injury, tense or imbalanced hip muscles, and posture problems.
—Mark Gurarie, Health, 5 Apr. 2025
Cristina Mutchler, Verywell Health, 20 Feb. 2025
The successful vote marks a massive victory for Johnson, who unveiled the bill over the weekend, convinced nearly a dozen GOP holdouts to support the legislation, and ultimately muscled the CR through his razor-thin majority.
—Mychael Schnell, The Hill, 11 Mar. 2025
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Noun
From your brain and heart, to your lungs and muscles, to your gastrointestinal and immune systems, alcohol has broad harmful effects on your health – including causing cancer.
—Pranoti Mandrekar, The Conversation, 7 Apr. 2025
Adults may develop a duck-footed walk due to hip, ankle, or foot injury, tense or imbalanced hip muscles, and posture problems.
—Mark Gurarie, Health, 5 Apr. 2025
Verb
Health benefits for women include supporting hormonal health, cognitive function, bone density, and muscle strength.2
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—Cristina Mutchler, Verywell Health, 20 Feb. 2025
The successful vote marks a massive victory for Johnson, who unveiled the bill over the weekend, convinced nearly a dozen GOP holdouts to support the legislation, and ultimately muscled the CR through his razor-thin majority.
—Mychael Schnell, The Hill, 11 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for muscle
Noun
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Natural gas has the opportunity to compete with coal, diesel, and other inefficient power sources across the globe, delivering cleaner and cheaper power.—
Steven Dudash,
Forbes.com,
1 Apr. 2025
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The electric motors of the new limousine provide ample power with smooth delivery.—
Ron Estes,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2025
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Dwyer has the speed to take the top off of defenses, but his hand strength has also been impressive.—
Steven Johnson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 Apr. 2025
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So, in a different situation our strengths might be perceived as problematic.—
Rodger Dean Duncan,
Forbes.com,
5 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Her story forced the country to confront a flawed legal system and the cultural discomfort with women who challenged it.—
Gemma Allen,
Forbes.com,
1 Apr. 2025
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Learning to slow down was important because playing and touring almost non-stop for a decade forced us to not do so well at managing our (bodies and lives), which led to us all burning ourselves out.—
Marcus K. Dowling,
USA Today,
31 Mar. 2025
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Are Puerto Rican filmmakers pushing for this to change?—
Carlos Aguilar,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Mar. 2025
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Business schools are mimicking Harvard and Stanford, pushing a VC-centric curriculum instead of teaching unicorn-entrepreneurship—the skills to build billion-dollar businesses without VC.—
Dileep Rao,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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Those who crave meat can improve their diet health score and reduce their dinner’s carbon footprint by over 50% by simple substitutions–like replacing beef with chicken in tacos or beef burgers with turkey burgers.—
Marianne Krasny,
Forbes.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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For one day only—Friday, March 28—fans flocked to the temporary establishment to hear Sheeran perform while drinking Guinness and noshing on classic bar fare, including roast beef sandwiches and french fries.—
Katie Schultz,
Architectural Digest,
31 Mar. 2025
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Sodium-iron batteries are also durable, can operate and be safely shipped in any climate, pose low fire risks, and promise between 6-24 hours of energy storage.—
Abhimanyu Ghoshal,
New Atlas,
31 Mar. 2025
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Silver was the real business of Tombstone, and the focus of its energies and attention.—
Richard Grant,
Smithsonian Magazine,
31 Mar. 2025
Verb
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She was sentenced in federal court in Boston to four years in prison for charges of coercing people to engage in prostitution and money laundering conspiracy.—
Flint McColgan,
Boston Herald,
29 Mar. 2025
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Experts say this is a potentially serious counterintelligence problem that could allow foreign intelligence services to gain insight into a target’s social network or even identify individuals who could be paid or coerced to act against them.—
Dhruv Mehrotra,
Wired News,
27 Mar. 2025
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Carving her own musical lane in an industry so determined to squeeze her into a box has been a challenge, but PinkPantheress isn’t one to let outside voices get to her.—
Chris Malone Méndez,
Forbes.com,
5 Apr. 2025
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The New York Times: In pressing forward with its assault on Gaza, Israel hopes to squeeze Hamas into releasing the remaining hostages.—
Alexis Simendinger,
The Hill,
4 Apr. 2025
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“Muscle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/muscle. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.
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