fatten
Example Sentences
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It’s also possible that retailers, figuring that consumers would expect to pay more for tariffed washing machines and would assume the same effect held for dryers, charged more for the latter to fatten their profits.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026
Soybean Export Council, a trade group, opened a Beijing office in 1982 to spread the word about protein-packed U.S. soybeans used to fatten livestock.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025
Hormones are usually used to fatten cattle in the later stages of production, a Defra spokesperson said, and therefore traces would be identifiable through checks.
From BBC • May 9, 2025
The Seahawks need to fatten up before staring down this quartet of stiff challenges: 49ers, Cowboys, 49ers, Eagles.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 17, 2023
She usually tells me how she’s going to fatten me up.
From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.