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as in gaunt
being tall, thin and usually loose-jointed
we could use a rangy girl like you on our basketball team
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as in broad
having considerable extent
a speech that took a rangy look at the problems facing the university
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Recent Examples of rangy
The second-team All-American is a versatile, rangy defender who uses his size, athleticism and elite processing to disrupt a run game or pass attack.
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The San Diego Union-Tribune, Hartford Courant, 25 Apr. 2024
Pittsburgh Steelers: Tyler Guyton, OT, Oklahoma The Steelers have to get better up front and Guyton is a tall, rangy right tackle who moves very well for a big man.
—Brad Biggs, Hartford Courant, 25 Apr. 2024
Those effects lay a lot of extra filigree on top of Seavey’s already rangy script.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2024
The former features the familiar mophead and lacecap types, while the latter are rangy plants with conical flower heads.
—Joshua Siskin, Orange County Register, 16 Feb. 2024
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The San Diego Union-Tribune, Hartford Courant, 25 Apr. 2024
Pittsburgh Steelers: Tyler Guyton, OT, Oklahoma The Steelers have to get better up front and Guyton is a tall, rangy right tackle who moves very well for a big man.
—Brad Biggs, Hartford Courant, 25 Apr. 2024
Those effects lay a lot of extra filigree on top of Seavey’s already rangy script.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2024
The former features the familiar mophead and lacecap types, while the latter are rangy plants with conical flower heads.
—Joshua Siskin, Orange County Register, 16 Feb. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rangy
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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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Ives and Ward acknowledge that Cruise did bring GM access to technology that has helped improve safety features across its broader lineup and helped attract top software engineers to the automaker.Jamie L. LaReau, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
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That image has now been lauded by some as a symbol of the broader systemic frustrations with the U.S. health care system that have dominated social media since a gunman brazenly assassinated Thompson, a 50-year-old father of two, outside a New York City hotel in daylight.Kalhan Rosenblatt, NBC News, 12 Dec. 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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Under new rules intended to stabilize California’s troubled home insurance market, insurers will be able to set rates by drawing on a wide swath of meteorological, geographic and other data in establishing rates, rather than largely relying on historical losses.Laurence Darmiento, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2024
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Does the judge's ruling have wider implications for the case against Trump and 18 others?Josh Meyer, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
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Paige Gemma Skinny Jean Steal Swift’s gameday style with these faux leather skinny jeans from Paige.Averi Baudler, People.com, 13 Dec. 2024
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Pairing them with skinny jeans, heels, and a wide-brimmed hat, anyone could fancy themselves Alexa Chung.Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 11 Dec. 2024
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Crane hired Brown, in part, for his extensive experience in player evaluation.Chandler Rome, The Athletic, 12 Dec. 2024
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Security firms often provide extensive protections to keep executives safe, including physical security guards, online threat monitoring and analysis, cybersecurity defenses, at-home security and protection for spouses and other family members.Matt Egan, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
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Some of the book’s sweeping claims seem not entirely justified by the evidence.Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2024
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The resolution of Smirnov's case also clears the way for Weiss to formally wrap up his yearslong investigation that resulted in two separate felony convictions of Hunter Biden, which were tossed last week after the president issued a sweeping pardon of his son.Alexander Mallin, ABC News, 12 Dec. 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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“Rangy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rangy. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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