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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
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, 9 Feb. 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
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The Celts conducted the cremation rite with great skill, which is why only small fragments of skeletal remains have been preserved at the site.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Nov. 2024
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The skeletal remains of both species have been found at the site.Katie Hunt, CNN, 28 Nov. 2024
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In February, a 46-foot-long whale was found washed up on an Oregon shore — emaciated, entangled and covered in what appears to be wounds from killer whales.CBS News, CBS News, 20 Nov. 2024
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Severely malnourished children are emaciated and typically lethargic or even unconscious, have cold hands, a rapid pulse, low blood pressure, and may be close to dying.ByElizabeth Pennisi, science.org, 2 Oct. 2024
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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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The face that confronted him was haggard and gaunt, its hair and beard unkempt.Greg Jackson, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
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These are films about a haggard failson trying to hold his life together with the help of a wise-cracking goo monster who longs for the taste of human brains.Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge, 24 Oct. 2024
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“Anorectic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anorectic. Accessed 13 Dec. 2024.
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