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When the smoke finally cleared as July disappeared from the calendar, the teams at the top of the payroll charts fattened their outlay, the only team without a pennant increased its chances, and several teams waved the white flag by slashing salaries with a vengeance.
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Dan Schlossberg, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025
New York — President Donald Trump has promised to unleash an economic boom that will turbocharge growth, fatten paychecks and chip away at America’s mountain of debt.
—Matt Egan, CNN Money, 25 July 2025
Pliny the Elder described how snails were raised in ponds and given wine to fatten them up.
—Garritt C. Van Dyk, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 May 2025
To fatten up the liver that’s used to create foie gras, farmers force-feed the fowl more grain than their bodies need.
—Ari Daniel, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2025
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Dan Schlossberg, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025
New York — President Donald Trump has promised to unleash an economic boom that will turbocharge growth, fatten paychecks and chip away at America’s mountain of debt.
—Matt Egan, CNN Money, 25 July 2025
Pliny the Elder described how snails were raised in ponds and given wine to fatten them up.
—Garritt C. Van Dyk, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 May 2025
To fatten up the liver that’s used to create foie gras, farmers force-feed the fowl more grain than their bodies need.
—Ari Daniel, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fatten
Verb
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It was filled with a silicon-carbide pre-ceramic polymer and heat-treated to form amorphous silicon carbide.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
18 Sep. 2025
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An even bigger concern may be whether New York has an in-house center capable of filling the 3C void.—
Vincent Z. Mercogliano,
New York Times,
18 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Schedule feeding can lead to overfeeding or underfeeding which can cause uncomfortable sensations for the baby such as painful gas (and the crying associated with it), difficulty sleeping, and never feeling truly full.—
Lauryn Higgins,
Parents,
7 July 2025
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The court heard during the case in 2023 that Letby attacked babies in her care by administering air into their blood and stomachs, overfeeding them with milk, physically assaulting them, and poisoning them with insulin.—
Lauren Kent,
CNN Money,
1 July 2025
Verb
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The internet already messed her up pretty good.—
Charles Trepany,
USA Today,
10 Sep. 2025
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The internet already messed her up pretty good.—
George Ramsay,
CNN Money,
9 Sep. 2025
Verb
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An official with Smit Salvage, which is part of the salvage team led by TMC Marine, told CNN that the hatches appear open, meaning the crew may not have battened them down as the storm approached.—
Barbie Latza Nadeau,
CNN Money,
20 May 2025
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Sheila stares downward, as though battening her emotional hatches.—
Robin Kaiser-Schatzlein,
New York Times,
13 June 2023
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“Fatten.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fatten. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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