slimmer

[slim-er]

noun

British.

1. a person who is trying to lose weight, especially by dieting.

Word History and Origins

Origin of slimmer¹

slim + -er ¹

Example Sentences

A liquidity drain in financial markets, plus slimmer odds that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates in December, also have been suggested factors in the rout.

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Biopharma is back, and it’s smarter, slimmer and more strategic than before.

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“The chances of him making a full recovery were looking slimmer and slimmer every day, so I think he just put up the fight as long as he could.”

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Those scorelines against England have become slimmer over that time as well.

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The hair is shorter, the frame is slimmer, but Rob Valetini, the Wallabies' great second-Test hope, stares out of the same frame.

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