Swiss cheese
noun
: a hard cheese characterized by elastic texture, mild nutlike flavor, and large holes that form during ripening
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The lunch-friendly choice features Black Forest ham, honey mustard and Swiss cheese in a King’s Hawaiian Pretzel Slider Bun.
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Sabrina Weiss, People.com, 2 Apr. 2025
Lives lived: James Reason, a British professor who used Swiss cheese to explain human error, died at 86.
—Natasha Frost, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2025
Surface plates today are made with a plethora of pre-made holes, like Swiss cheese, that can be assembled as needed.
—Catherine Muccigrosso, Charlotte Observer, 13 Mar. 2025
The Dolphins came into the week with roughly $28 million in cap space, a roster that resembled Swiss cheese because of all the holes in it, and Miami’s headed into the second wave of free agent shopping with half the list of needs filled courtesy of newcomers, or players re-signed.
—Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 13 Mar. 2025
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Sabrina Weiss, People.com, 2 Apr. 2025
Lives lived: James Reason, a British professor who used Swiss cheese to explain human error, died at 86.
—Natasha Frost, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2025
Surface plates today are made with a plethora of pre-made holes, like Swiss cheese, that can be assembled as needed.
—Catherine Muccigrosso, Charlotte Observer, 13 Mar. 2025
The Dolphins came into the week with roughly $28 million in cap space, a roster that resembled Swiss cheese because of all the holes in it, and Miami’s headed into the second wave of free agent shopping with half the list of needs filled courtesy of newcomers, or players re-signed.
—Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 13 Mar. 2025
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“Swiss cheese.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Swiss%20cheese. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.
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