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curdling

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verb

present participle of curdle

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for curdling
Noun
  • In a process known as fermentation, these bacteria feast on the oligosaccharides, resulting in byproducts like hydrogen, carbon dioxide, methane, and, occasionally, sulfur—in other words, gas.
    Caroline Tien, SELF, 7 Feb. 2025
  • Favorable policies and product innovations in the US and Canada are expected to drive the growth and adoption of precision fermentation.
    Sarwant Singh, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Following World War I and the disintegration of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, both Italy and the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes, which later became Yugoslavia, laid claim to the city of Fiume, now known as Rijeka in Croatia.
    Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Feb. 2025
  • Back in the Caribbean, a striking event last week was the disintegration of Elon Musk’s Starship spacecraft, which reminds us of how space is opening up as a new, competitive domain (Bond film Moonraker gave us a taste of this).
    Mike O'Sullivan, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • And so is the scandal that OT is apparently being funneled, not to crime fighting and hardworking cops freezing their behinds off patrolling the streets and subways, but to paperpushers like Epps with cushy jobs back at 1 Police Plaza.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Baltimore County’s freezing weather shelters — the Eastern Family Resource Center at 9150 Franklin Square Drive in Rosedale and the Community Health Center at 1811 Woodlawn Drive in Woodlawn — have also been activated for the season.
    Dan Belson, Baltimore Sun, 23 Dec. 2024
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“Curdling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/curdling. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.

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