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as in anorexic
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Recent Examples of anorectic
Beyond that, signs' late and early parts are called anorectic and critical degrees.
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Lisa Stardust, People.com, 22 Oct. 2024
Lisa Stardust, People.com, 22 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for anorectic
Adjective
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At once too frigid and too promiscuous within the terms of early psychoanalysis, the anorexic woman’s appetites (or lack thereof) were a threat to the cultural order.—
Anna Shechtman,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Mar. 2024
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From much of the plaza, yet another anorexic supertall for squillionaires, rising at 29th Street, now blots it out.—
Michael Kimmelman,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2023
Adjective
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An explosion shakes the camera, and two skeletal buildings—the only ones visible on the entire block—collapse in a mushroom cloud.—
Mosab Abu Toha,
The New Yorker,
31 Dec. 2024
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Reuters images show the bus completely burned out after it was engulfed by flames following the collision, with just the skeletal remains of the metal frame left standing.—
CNN,
CNN,
8 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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The emaciated boy, whose wrists and ankles were duct taped together, was seen on a Ring camera begging a neighbor for help.—
KC Baker,
People.com,
26 Feb. 2025
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Over the rounds of hostage releases, male captives have generally appeared more emaciated than the women, suggesting the men were worse fed.—
Christian Edwards,
CNN,
26 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Some appeared gaunt, and the Palestinian Red Crescent emergency service said four were immediately taken for medical treatment.—
Greg Norman,
Fox News,
15 Feb. 2025
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Some appeared gaunt, and the Palestinian Red Crescent emergency service said four were taken for treatment.—
Jalal Bwaitel,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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There’s a slight Francis Bacon aspect to them, poetic but at the same time incontrovertibly real, depicting every distorted limb, every haggard face and emaciated body, every wound and scar.—
David Rooney,
The Hollywood Reporter,
15 Feb. 2025
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Nobody could have given this song so much haggard soul.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
31 Jan. 2025
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“Anorectic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anorectic. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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