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throated

[ throh-tid ]

adjective

  1. having a throat of a specified kind (usually used in combination):

    a yellow-throated warbler.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of throated1

First recorded in 1520–30; throat + -ed 3

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Example Sentences

Ultimately, the committee decided to fully recommend the booster for everyone over 50 with underlying medical conditions, but to offer a less full-throated endorsement for those aged 18 to 49 with such conditions.

From Time

So right now, there is a full-throated concern about supply chains, both in the long run and in the immediate term.

Thorne-Clarke also has a single-vineyard grenache, which will appeal to fans of full-throated super-ripe reds.

The first-generation product was announced roughly this time four years ago, with Google finally offering a full-throated entry into the smartphone space after years of device partnerships.

Neither of those products or product strategies were particularly well embraced when she came to the Times, so it was not an easy task to get the full-throated support of the whole organization to go in those directions, but she did that.

From Digiday

This summons all the proximate Beyoncé voters, as we reply in a full-throated roar, “ALLLLLL THE SINGLE LAAAAADIES!”

While Jacobs pushed for regulatory reform, Ernst came out full-throated for abolishing the Department of Education and the EPA.

What it has turned out to be is a full-throated defense of the contractor system as a whole.

Now, by contrast, those signals are frequent and full-throated.

This is what I would call a half-throated defense of the program.

Long before we got there the deep-throated thunder was growling over us, and the clouds spat occasional flurries of rain.

They were on a fresh trail; they were away over hill and hollow, singing full-throated as they ran.

The lights suddenly went dim, and a bull-throated roar sounded from somewhere, an appalling sound of raw power.

Long throated blossoms are fertilized by their attraction for certain moths or humming birds who have long tongues.

A deep-throated cheer approved his emphatic declaration, "We do not repent our decision."

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