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as in gaunt
being tall, thin and usually loose-jointed
we could use a rangy girl like you on our basketball team
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as in broad
having considerable extent
a speech that took a rangy look at the problems facing the university
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Recent Examples of rangy
Within moments, the rangy 29-year-old actor Harris Dickinson bounds down an exterior staircase and shakes my hand.
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Liam Hess, Vogue, 2 Oct. 2025
Anderson is a rare and rangy breed of cinematic maximalist—a satirical quasi-historian and pop-cultural magpie with a gift for weaving disparate influences into a marvellously unruly synthesis.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2025
Most of the play’s first act involves navigating the dynamics of this extended family in the rangy family home.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Sep. 2025
The figure also doubles (or more) most of the rangiest EU-market electric cars listed in the EV Database.
—New Atlas, 17 Sep. 2025
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During the conversation, Van Der Beek opened up about the overwhelming response to his gaunt appearance during September's Dawson's Creek reunion.—
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Van Der Beek's notably gaunt face sparked speculation about his condition amid his cancer battle.—
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The aim is to dig into general themes rather than specific transfers that are currently ongoing to give a broad picture of as many elements as possible.—
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The listing, which could be the largest IPO on record, underscores a broader shift.—
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Sampson is a lanky 6-foot-4 guard.—
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Native to Mexico, these flowering plants are somewhat lanky shrubs in their natural habitat.—
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Madani also said that the collapse of basic infrastructure could spark wider unrest.—
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This could make for an intriguing shootout between Maye and Baker Mayfield, who is playing the best ball of his career and has the Tampa Bay Buccaneers off to a 6-2 start despite rampant injuries along his offensive line and wide receiving unit.—
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Bongiovi wore a red, velvet suit with a skinny black tie to the premiere and the after-party.—
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Style them with a pleated skirt and sweater for a preppy edge, pull them over skinny jeans for a streamlined look, or pair them with a sweater dress for date night.—
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The system comes preloaded with a vision–language–action (VLA) large model and more than 10,000 real-world data samples, enabling it to perform complex tasks without extensive setup or calibration.—
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The Denver Police Department warned that extensive road closures are in place, and all intersections surrounding the area are closed.—
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Large, unexpected waves can sweep across the beach without warning, sweeping people into the sea from rocks, jetties, and beaches.—
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In this sense, sweeping surveys such as this might count people like me—someone who has close friends but lacks friend groups—among the lonely.—
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Meanwhile, other plants struggle when light levels drop in winter, developing spindly stems and discolored leaves.—
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Making the most of his spindly body and LaGuardia High School–bred smirk, Chalamet uses his inescapable boyishness completely to his advantage, bringing an immature audacity to the classic in-over-his-head operator.—
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“Rangy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rangy. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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