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Recent Examples of ectomorphic
These include the high-altitude environments in which many Kenyans are born and raised, widespread early exposure to running as a means of transportation, and the long-legged, ectomorphic body type that is common among Kenyans.
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Matt Fitzgerald, Outside Online, 27 July 2015
Matt Fitzgerald, Outside Online, 27 July 2015
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ectomorphic
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Kidman, who’s nearly six feet tall, impossibly willowy, and the precise shade of a scoop of vanilla ice cream, has never been an Everywoman.Alison Willmore, Vulture, 4 Dec. 2024
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But in this room, influencers clamor for a picture with the willowy redhead.Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 20 Nov. 2024
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The footage is grainy but effective, though most of the live track is played over still photos from the show, John shirtless under overalls and Lennon lanky and bespectacled.Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 14 Dec. 2024
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The lanky left-hander hurled six shutout innings in Game 6 of the 2021 World Series on the night the Atlanta Braves clinched the championship over the Houston Astros.Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 11 Dec. 2024
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But a few Decembers ago, its branches turned into spindly things where spikes grew instead of leaves.Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024
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In a polytunnel on the Scottish island of Bute, thousands of spindly Scots pine seedlings are growing.Alexa Phillips, WIRED, 16 Dec. 2024
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Some lawns have large weedy areas; remove and add new sod or plugs. 9.Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 30 Nov. 2024
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Native plants fight for space with weedy elephant grass, Brazilian pepper and other invasive species.Patrick Farrell, Sun Sentinel, 21 Apr. 2024
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Ekster This super svelte smart wallet is durable and provides easy and swift access to your cards, thanks to a trigger button that pops them out of the top.Simon Hill, WIRED, 22 Nov. 2024
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From an accessibility standpoint, the moral of this story is simple: no matter how svelte the iPad mini’s form is, the display is its most important attribute for someone with low vision.Steven Aquino, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
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And because every number is loaded with callbacks and foreshadowings, both musically and lyrically, the rangy story is tied into a very tight thematic bundle.Jesse Green, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2024
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Up for three Grammys at next year’s ceremony — a rangy haul of nods for global music album, R&B song and African Music Performance — Tems is carrying a new era of Nigerian music around the world.August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Pull away the bottom section, pulling the stringy outer layer of the celery off along with it.Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 26 Dec. 2024
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Field pumpkins have a watery, stringy and sometimes bitter taste.Claudia Alexander, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
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Chalamet sulks and talks out of the side of his mouth, picking from a grab bag of accents that vary with each scene—all of which are far more reedy and cartoonish than Dylan actually sounded in his younger days.Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 10 Dec. 2024
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He was guided through the motions of the fry station by a reedy, goateed young man, an actual employee, who had been caught up in the candidate’s maudlin cosplay of worker solidarity.E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2024
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“Ectomorphic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ectomorphic. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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