simple sugar

noun

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One common ingredient is D-mannose, which is a simple sugar similar to glucose. Joni Sweet, Health, 1 June 2024 Bake simple sugar cookies, whip up a few colored icings, assemble all the supplies, and gather the kids to express their creativity on a cookie canvas! Zoe Denenberg, Southern Living, 14 Nov. 2023 Actually, mind your beeswax Bees work busily, visiting flowers and converting pollen and nectar in their stomachs to remove water and produce a simple sugar. Noah Lederman, Popular Science, 2 Nov. 2023 The primary fuel source for higher intensities of exercise is often glucose—the simple sugar that comes from the breakdown of carbohydrates. Amber Sayer, Health, 26 Oct. 2023 See all Example Sentences for simple sugar 

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First Known Use

1942, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of simple sugar was in 1942

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