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Emerging wisdom about the dangers of fat and cholesterol, and the ascendancy of diet culture, pushed health-conscious Americans away from beef and pork and toward poultry.—Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 10 May 2025 When looking for lean poultry, opt for boneless, skinless chicken breasts and turkey cutlets.7
5.—Sohaib Imtiaz, Verywell Health, 9 May 2025 Their friendliness with the crew seems to have paid off: Tests suggest the adult cat was mainly eating fish and meats like pork, poultry and beef.—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 May 2025 For example, prices for chicken breasts and thighs may go up due to Chinese retaliatory tariffs on frozen chicken feet, which threaten to cut off a $1.1 billion source of revenue for U.S. poultry processors.—Betty Lin-Fisher, USA Today, 6 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for poultry
Word History
Etymology
Middle English pultrie, from Anglo-French pulletrie, from pulleter poulterer, from pullet chicken — more at pullet
Middle English pultrie "fowl raised for food," from early French pulletrie (same meaning), from pulleter "one who raises poultry," from pullet "chicken" — related to pullet
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