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as in buxom
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as in pithy
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According to myth, the buxom bowl of the Champagne coupe was modeled after the breasts of Marie Antoinette.—
Kathryn O’Shea-Evans, Robb Report, 4 Jan. 2026
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Get these two buxom blondes on a road trip.—
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One popular approach is to embrace the lesson of Firth’s pithy quote and measure whether two models’ representations of an input keep the same company.—
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The concept of taking stock and vowing to do better in the new year actually dates back centuries, though there wasn't always a pithy name for it.—
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The era of the boxy, clean silhouette is giving way to voluptuous, biomorphic, curved pieces that aren't afraid of a little embellishment.—
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The engine’s power is delivered as a seamless, voluptuous stream of thrust that plays eerily well with the eight-speed dual-clutch transmission.—
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But these perfect, epigrammatic fragments almost always communicate some sort of longing, if not for a better life, then for a more convincingly stoic face to wear through it.—
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Some who craft epigrammatic verse can sound hollow, like slamming together tins in hopes that someone will infer meaning from the noise.—
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But after the boy’s friends started snickering, Gramps shifted to a more succinct potato reference.—
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Deutsch gave a succinct response.—
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Wahlberg plays a holy fool in Boogie Nights, our naïve but well-endowed guide through the heyday of theatrical pornography and its decline into something cheaper and tawdrier courtesy of the triumph of VHS.—
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Colleges that are less well-endowed might have fewer proxies that strain their financial aid budget, but still should use individualized proxies to meet their institutional needs.—
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Han has used centuries of philosophy to deconstruct the current ennui of life online, but Pettman’s writing is more personal and sympathetic than Han’s aphoristic, self-effacing mode.—
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Take this eye cream—retinol, Indonesian ginger, and iris extract are an unexpected trio that prevent the degradation of and promote the creation of collagen, increase hyaluronic acid production, improve circulation, firm, and plump skin.—
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In fact, when deciding on a slab of salmon or a plump whole branzino, many of our senses should come into play—including common sense!—
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“Well-turned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/well-turned. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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