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statured

[ stach-erd ]

adjective

  1. of or having a stature of a certain kind (usually used in combination):

    the short-statured inhabitants of the Malay Peninsula.



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Origin of statured1

First recorded in 1600–10; stature + -ed 3
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Fish and Wildlife Service that small statured Mexican gray wolves are often mistaken for coyotes and that protecting coyotes would in turn cut down on wolf deaths.

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The imposingly statured, baldheaded 53-year-old former mayor of Braddock, Pa., has ink of the Pittsburgh borough’s Zip code and the dates of every violent death that took place there while he served in office, as well as a Nine Inch Nails lyric: “I will make you hurt.”

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“They’re a similar style of players. Mason’s a big statured guy. He has a very good arm, has enough mobility, like Ben. I think that we have a good plan for both guys.”

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Modestly statured, his physical presence was nonetheless overwhelming.

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“There is no debate among any statured scientists of what is happening,” Harvard University earth scientist James McCarthy said in 1997.

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