fatter

Example Sentences

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“We’re getting fatter and dumber, and our mental health is deteriorating,” the author writes, which is what “a half century-plus of mass-affluence consumerism has brought us.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

Boosting isn’t a solution, but it is an equalizer, reminding upper management that a different title and fatter salary don’t exempt them from compassion, inside or outside the store.

From Salon • May 22, 2026

Price/earnings multiples are largely higher for companies with fatter gross margins, Trivariate’s data show, so disappointments on margins would reduce multiples—and cause individual stocks to fall.

From Barron's • Feb. 27, 2026

Scientists expected the opposite, but polar bears in the Norwegian Arctic archipelago of Svalbard have become fatter and healthier since the early 1990s, all while sea ice has steadily declined due to climate change.

From BBC • Jan. 29, 2026

The others said, “Boxer will pick up when the spring grass conies on”; but the spring came and Boxer grew no fatter.

From "Animal Farm: A Fairy Story" by George Orwell