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Six example sentences with adipose, each labelled with its topic.
Surgeons noted a thick adipose layer beneath the skin, which lengthened the operation by nearly an hour.
Medicine
Cold water swimmers build an adipose layer over the winter, and it insulates them better than any suit could.
Fitness
Bears draw on adipose reserves all winter, losing a third of their body mass without eating a single meal.
Science
Butchers trim the thick adipose layer from the brisket, leaving just enough fat to baste the meat as it smokes.
Cooking
Seals arrive at the rookery with deep adipose reserves, then lose much of it while nursing pups on the beach.
Environment
The team's trainers track how much adipose tissue each player carries, since extra weight shows up first in the fourth quarter.
Basketball
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