as in bellies
an enlarged or bulging abdomen
Santa is depicted as a white-bearded man with a big paunch
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Noun
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Cats that sleep on their sides or on their backs with their bellies exposed feel secure and trusting of their environment.—
Maria Azzurra Volpe,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Sep. 2025 -
Sporting an unmistakable dark mane and unique folds of skin along their bellies, Asiatic lions are slightly smaller than their African cousins.—
Aishwarya S. Iyer,
CNN Money,
31 Aug. 2025
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Russian defenses stretched for miles, forcing sapper teams to crawl on their stomachs at twilight to spot and disarm mines under enemy drone surveillance and artillery fire.—
David Kirichenko,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Food insecurity doesn’t necessarily mean kids are going to bed with growling stomachs every night.—
Oona Hanson,
CNN Money,
16 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Get corporations on board with stopping abuse There’s a growing movement centered on the idea that the power of consumers can be leveraged to end agricultural abuses.—
Max Blau,
ProPublica,
16 Sep. 2025
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Layoffs directly tied to automation are mounting, although the financial rewards corporations seek have not yet fully materialized.—
Tim Bajarin,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Paunches.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paunches. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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