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as in flesh
animal and especially mammal tissue used as food
we need to go shopping; there's only enough meat in the freezer for one more dinner
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as in food
substances intended to be eaten
offered his guests meat and drink
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as in heart
the central part or aspect of something under consideration
he dances all around it without ever addressing the meat of the issue
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Recent Examples of meat
Earlier that morning, without warning, his 15-year-old son Ming (Dylan So) murdered his mother and younger sister Grace (Lainey Hung) with a meat cleaver.
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Richard Kuipers, Variety, 2 Nov. 2024
Food companies are struggling to cut their emissions because most of their menus revolve around meat and dairy, the most carbon-intensive foods.
—Marina Bolotnikova, Vox, 2 Nov. 2024
Many vegans and vegetarians do not want meat, chicken or fish in their kitchens.
—Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
In September, Culture Meat & Cheese also left the market so that its owner, longtime local restaurateur Justin Brunson, could tend to his rapidly growing dry-aged meat business, Brunson Meat Co., which is now selling bacon at 147 King Soopers and City Market stores in Colorado.
—Sara Rosenthal, The Denver Post, 5 Nov. 2024
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Richard Kuipers, Variety, 2 Nov. 2024
Food companies are struggling to cut their emissions because most of their menus revolve around meat and dairy, the most carbon-intensive foods.
—Marina Bolotnikova, Vox, 2 Nov. 2024
Many vegans and vegetarians do not want meat, chicken or fish in their kitchens.
—Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
In September, Culture Meat & Cheese also left the market so that its owner, longtime local restaurateur Justin Brunson, could tend to his rapidly growing dry-aged meat business, Brunson Meat Co., which is now selling bacon at 147 King Soopers and City Market stores in Colorado.
—Sara Rosenthal, The Denver Post, 5 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for meat
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The flesh is then juiced, canned, and shipped to American ports.Andrew Watman, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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Hapless herbs Brad and Janet (Barry Bostwick and Susan Sarandon) get stranded at the castle of Dr. Frank-n-Furter (horror GOAT Tim Curry), who seduces them, feeds them human flesh, and gets a couple of iconic songs off along the way.Bethy Squires, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2024
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The question still looming over many in the food industry, however, is how two big variables will factor into food prices.Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
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So can food plots, especially those planted with timely species.Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 14 Nov. 2024
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This is because perfumers have new and improved molecules to work with that capture different facets of the rose (the fresh green stems, the delicate petals, the intoxicating heart).Sophia Panych, Allure, 23 Nov. 2024
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Our colleagues, who work tirelessly every day with pride and love in their hearts to do their best for our guests, our owners and each other.Jennifer Kester, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
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The core question, however, is whether these changes will be enough to help Starbucks compete in a crowded market, according to Deidre Popovich, an associate professor of marketing at Texas Tech University.Francisco Velasquez, Quartz, 15 Nov. 2024
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The system, which has 50 stations across all five counties in the core Bay Area, has a total ridership of more than 4.8 million.Kate Talerico, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
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The piece, The Frugal Meal, depicts a gaunt couple at a dinner table before an empty bowl, a small loaf of bread and a bottle of wine.Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Nov. 2024
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Thanksgiving is a joyful time for family to gather together and break bread.Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 1 Nov. 2024
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The village, which is around 215 miles from the coastal Indian city of Chennai, has multiple banners and billboards of Harris, who could become America's first leader with South Asian roots.Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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In Caddo Lake, a brain-melting sci-fi film starring Dylan O’Brien that hit Max last month, the wetlands symbolize all of the above and then some as multiple characters try to get to the root of some seriously-hard-to-explain events.Laura Bradley, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2024
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Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos: Paramount Nearly every TV show that Taylor Sheridan has ever produced has been, in essence, a crime drama.Noel Murray, Vulture, 18 Nov. 2024
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The tools take advantage of Generative adversarial networks, which, in essence, try to trick the AI algorithm with incorrect (i.e., adversarial) data.PCMAG, PCMAG, 12 Nov. 2024
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Harvesting too early on immature beds also affects the maturation of the rice kernels over time, officials said.Frank Vaisvilas, Journal Sentinel, 19 Sep. 2024
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With unified signals from both the program and the underlying infrastructure, the SRE can track error rates by kernel version to ensure the roll-out doesn’t impact end applications.Tom Wilkie, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Meat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/meat. Accessed 27 Nov. 2024.
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