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as in weights
the main or greater part of something as distinguished from its subordinate parts
the body of the novel was quite good, even if the beginning was a bit slow
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as in masses
a distinct and separate portion of matter
to the early explorers the Atlantic was a gigantic and forbidding body of water
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as in factions
a group of people acting together within a larger group
feared that there was a body of extremists within the labor union
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as in communities
a group of people sharing a common interest and relating together socially
a hangout where, it seems, much of the student body can be found on a Saturday night
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as in men
a member of the human race
the most intelligent body in this entire place
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as in groups
a usually small number of persons considered as a unit
a body of security men accompany the president at all times
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as in embodies
to represent in visible form
abstract sculpture that bodies forth the artist's aesthetic of minimalism
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Recent Examples of bodies
Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 16 May 2026
Ukraine repatriated the bodies of fallen soldiers Saturday following an earlier exchange with Moscow involving prisoners of war.
—ABC News, 16 May 2026
Authorities discovered the bodies of a man who worked for Henry County, a woman and an infant in a McDonough home on Tuesday night, leaving the woman’s family devastated and the man’s coworkers within the county’s Department of Transportation stunned.
—Reed Williams, AJC.com, 16 May 2026
Holzinger is a performance artist working in the taboo-breaking tradition of the Vienna Actionists, who used blood, meat, and naked bodies to incite disgust and test the endurance of the audience.
—Sebastian Smee, The Atlantic, 16 May 2026
Marlene Vidal, 34, of Edinburgh, Texas, was charged with capital murder after the bodies of her children — ages 5 and 7 — were discovered in a vehicle engulfed in flames in a warehouse parking lot, according to police.
—Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 16 May 2026
In November 2019, soil engineer Tim Neiligan, a former FBI chemist, began researching how bodies decompose in soil.
—Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2026
The legislature has also put in place more requirements for towns to have fair rent commissions, which are local bodies that have the ability to respond to complaints and regulate rents.
—Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 9 May 2026
With the bodies removed, clean-up efforts began.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 9 May 2026
Noun
Blake Snell has loose bodies in his left elbow and was placed on the IL Friday as the Dodgers discuss whether the two-time Cy Young winner needs surgery.
—Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 16 May 2026
Ukraine repatriated the bodies of fallen soldiers Saturday following an earlier exchange with Moscow involving prisoners of war.
—ABC News, 16 May 2026
Authorities discovered the bodies of a man who worked for Henry County, a woman and an infant in a McDonough home on Tuesday night, leaving the woman’s family devastated and the man’s coworkers within the county’s Department of Transportation stunned.
—Reed Williams, AJC.com, 16 May 2026
Holzinger is a performance artist working in the taboo-breaking tradition of the Vienna Actionists, who used blood, meat, and naked bodies to incite disgust and test the endurance of the audience.
—Sebastian Smee, The Atlantic, 16 May 2026
Marlene Vidal, 34, of Edinburgh, Texas, was charged with capital murder after the bodies of her children — ages 5 and 7 — were discovered in a vehicle engulfed in flames in a warehouse parking lot, according to police.
—Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 16 May 2026
In November 2019, soil engineer Tim Neiligan, a former FBI chemist, began researching how bodies decompose in soil.
—Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2026
The legislature has also put in place more requirements for towns to have fair rent commissions, which are local bodies that have the ability to respond to complaints and regulate rents.
—Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 9 May 2026
With the bodies removed, clean-up efforts began.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 9 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bodies
Noun
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Motorists advised to get oil changes sooner as certain weights become scarce.—
Byron Hurd,
The Drive,
13 May 2026
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The host does his best to incorporate weights, jumping exercises, and cardio.—
Allison DeGrushe,
StyleCaster,
11 May 2026
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Masculinism has been a great gift, because factions with different views on, say, protectionism or Israel or Big Tech can all agree on the overreach of feminism and the need for a return to traditional gender roles.—
Helen Lewis,
The Atlantic,
14 May 2026
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Streeting’s views could prove a significant hurdle in garnering support from Labour’s membership, however, with left-wing factions within the party regarding him as too centrist or even right wing.—
Alexander Smith,
NBC news,
14 May 2026
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Where the magic happens, where communities come together in a historic venue to sing and celebrate and commiserate.—
Andy Mitten,
New York Times,
21 May 2026
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Israel is razing and looting homes and has vowed to prevent hundreds of thousands of residents, predominantly Shiites, though also members of other religious communities, from returning.—
Rania Abouzeid,
New Yorker,
21 May 2026
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Somehow, Navarro countered with a cutter as both men crashed through the sea of chairs.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
15 May 2026
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In August 2025, Broward County Circuit Court Judge Marlon Weiss ruled on a case of two men living in France who petitioned for early parental rights while their gestational carrier was pregnant.—
Ann Marie Luft,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 May 2026
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But two groups work tirelessly to tell Free Frank’s story — his descendants, spread widely across the country, and a small group of local residents who form the New Philadelphia Association.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
23 May 2026
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Part of an educational expansion at Stonehenge by English Heritage, the hall will be living-history learning space for school groups beginning in September.—
Anne Doran,
ARTnews.com,
22 May 2026
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Read below to find out who embodies your sun, moon or rising.—
Lisa Stardust,
PEOPLE,
16 May 2026
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Land, after all, embodies the true luxury of being finite.—
Natalie Hoberman,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2026
Noun
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Researchers realized the moon was a potential helium-3 treasure trove in the 1970s, after finding it in drill cores gathered by astronauts during some of NASA’s Apollo missions.—
Robin George Andrews,
Scientific American,
14 May 2026
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Cerebras sells the Wafer-Scale Engine 3, a single 5nm AI accelerator with 4 trillion transistors and 900,000 cores fabricated on one continuous wafer.—
Jon Markman,
Forbes.com,
14 May 2026
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In the Standard Model of particle physics, described by a quantum field theory, direct calculations yield infinite results for energies and other physical quantities, which must be eliminated by a sophisticated and nonintuitive mathematical procedure.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
18 May 2026
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Even items like sugar, coffee and tobacco that the island once produced in large quantities are now being imported.—
Gonzalo Zegarra,
CNN Money,
18 May 2026
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“Bodies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bodies. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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