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 ham and Swiss pretzel sliders take Black Forest ham, honey mustard and Swiss cheese and sandwich it in a King’s Hawaiian Pretzel Slider Bun.
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Sabrina Weiss, People.com, 5 Mar. 2025
The Miami Dolphins roster resembles a wedge of Swiss cheese heading into next week’s start of free agency because there are holes everywhere.
—Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 4 Mar. 2025
The restaurant chain’s popular club sandwich features your choice of turkey or chicken with Swiss cheese, bacon, avocado, leaf lettuce, red onion and tomato on a sourdough roll.
—Marcus D. Smith, Sacramento Bee, 25 Feb. 2025
The proliferation of Israeli settlements, outposts, and bypass roads have left the West Bank a Swiss cheese of Palestinian enclaves.
—Kenneth Roth, TIME, 8 Feb. 2025
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Sabrina Weiss, People.com, 5 Mar. 2025
The Miami Dolphins roster resembles a wedge of Swiss cheese heading into next week’s start of free agency because there are holes everywhere.
—Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 4 Mar. 2025
The restaurant chain’s popular club sandwich features your choice of turkey or chicken with Swiss cheese, bacon, avocado, leaf lettuce, red onion and tomato on a sourdough roll.
—Marcus D. Smith, Sacramento Bee, 25 Feb. 2025
The proliferation of Israeli settlements, outposts, and bypass roads have left the West Bank a Swiss cheese of Palestinian enclaves.
—Kenneth Roth, TIME, 8 Feb. 2025
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“Swiss cheese.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Swiss%20cheese. Accessed 18 Mar. 2025.
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