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Adjective
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White’s wiry, versatile, energetic, intelligent and strong.—
Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2025
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One was a short, funny, wiry kid named Ernie, who had grand theft auto on his résumé.—
Adjective
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Just who was this willowy blond from Iowa City, Iowa?—
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Only two bodies remain still: Ferran’s, in one corner of the platform, and that of a young man (Jabez Sykes) diagonally across from her, tall and willowy and pale — two statues that seem moonlit while the rest of the world writhes and sweats around them.—
Adjective
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Fire is a natural part of ecosystems in the Southeast, often burning through weedy shrubs and enabling native plants to grow without as much competition.—
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Then, prune overgrown trees and shrubs, trim tall grasses and weedy areas, mow regularly to keep your lawn cut close, and consider calling a chimney sweep to clean out your chimney.—
Adjective
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The original model walked with a spidery cat-eye that would have been considered bold.—
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With spidery legs and a chunky profile, the module, dubbed Spider, was all function, no form — the ideal machine to land on the moon.—
Adjective
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In 2016, after a reedy Canadian professor named Jordan Peterson refused to use gender-neutral pronouns, he was taken up as a folk hero, like Galileo standing firm against the Inquisition.—
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The reedy, tree-like grass is a panda’s primary food source, especially the shoots.—
Adjective
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After all, full and healthy hair ends (at any length) look far better than long, stringy, split strands.—
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White-rot fungi release aggressive enzymes that bust apart lignin to get at the other bits, leaving behind white, stringy wood that’s mostly cellulose.—
Adjective
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The book brings to life characters such as the waspish U.S. Army general Joseph Stilwell and the eccentric U.S. ambassador Patrick Hurley.—
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Among the waspish regulars of the Algonquin Round Table, Robert Benchley cut a relatively docile figure.—
Adjective
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Musk’s image in Silicon Valley was useful to the Trump campaign, bringing in new fanboy voters and sending a message that the administration would transform the government and run it like a lean start-up.—
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Keep in mind, too, that once your body begins to build lean muscle mass, which occurs mainly from strength training, your resting metabolic rate will increase.—
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“Twiggy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/twiggy. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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