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body beautiful

British  

noun

  1. (usually with the)

    1. a beautiful body

    2. idealized physical beauty

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Health Secretary Wes Streeting has backed the call, saying the drugs are "serious medicines" and not "for people to get a body beautiful picture for Instagram".

From BBC • Oct. 24, 2024

What makes a body beautiful or ugly, human or inhuman?

From Salon • Aug. 27, 2019

Meanwhile, highly profitable industries wage war on us, including the cosmetic, fashion, style, food, diet, health, anti-ageing, wellness, surgical, pharmaceutical and fitness industries, as they promote the body beautiful.

From The Guardian • Aug. 23, 2019

“He was a little heavy, but I don’t need body beautiful on the mound.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 7, 2019

The recognition of the sacredness of the temple of the soul was taught as a duty; and to make the body beautiful by right exercise and by right life became a science.

From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 7 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Orators by Hubbard, Elbert

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