as in projecting
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as in protruding
to extend outward beyond a usual point
the sandbar juts out into the ocean
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Verb
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While tending to their garden this fall, homeowners in upstate New York spotted what appeared to be two giant teeth protruding from the soil, partially concealed by plant fronds.—
Leslie Katz,
Forbes,
20 Dec. 2024 -
According to the news release, the mastodon jaw was found protruding from the topsoil, which caught the homeowner's attention.—
Gabe Hauari,
USA TODAY,
18 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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What are skin tags? Skin tags are generally recognizable as small, bulbous growths connected to the skin with a stalk.—
Caroline C. Boyle,
USA TODAY,
22 Jan. 2025
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The island is home to some of the most iconic, and unusual, mammals on Earth, species like orangutans, pygmy elephants and proboscis monkeys with their bulbous noses.—
Mihir Zaveri,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Jan. 2025
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Carter first saw the disease up close in 1988 while visiting a village in Ghana where nearly 350 people had worms poking through their skin.—
Sam Mednick,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Dec. 2024
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At its most basic, a poke cake is made by poking holes into a warm cake and pouring on a frosting or filling mixture.—
Sarah Martens,
Better Homes & Gardens,
29 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Bloating causes your belly to feel full and look distended.—
Kathleen Felton,
Health,
9 June 2024
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But for all its brawn and atmosphere and robustly choreographed combat, this is a distended historical tapestry too sprawling to remain compelling, particularly when its focus veers away from the central couple.—
David Rooney,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 Sep. 2019
Adjective
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What can be said is that, in spite of the inflated prices, there is interest.—
Verity Burns,
WIRED,
22 Jan. 2025
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These inflated prices are also being driven up further by bidding wars.—
Elizabeth Stamp,
Architectural Digest,
17 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Rory Allen, who created it, put a bright-yellow, puffy coat on the receiver, whose face was completely covered.—
Sam Farmer,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Jan. 2025
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There are extra layers, bulky sweaters, puffy jackets, and warm accessories that need to fit beyond your essential travel items.—
Annita Katee,
Travel + Leisure,
21 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The convex roof sat atop a disk, held up by great ionic pillars circling the temple.—
Jem Aswad,
Variety,
1 Nov. 2024
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Mikel Welch Design founder Mikel Welch creatively decorated the wall above the primary bedroom's fireplace using a convex mirror.—
Isabella Milano,
Better Homes & Gardens,
26 Oct. 2024
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“Jutting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jutting. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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