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Recent Examples of mucilage
Okra Okra is known for its sticky mucilage, which works as a thickening agent for stews and gumbo.
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Stephanie Brown, Verywell Health, 13 Sep. 2023
When combined with water, mucilage forms a gel-like consistency.
—Cynthia Sass, Mph, Rd, Health, 25 Aug. 2023
Additionally, because of the presence of mucilage, certain medications may have limited absorption if taken in combination with slippery elm.
—Allison Knott Ms, Rdn, Cssd, Cdn, Verywell Health, 10 Aug. 2023
In addition to making gumbo naturally creamy and delicious, that liquid, called mucilage, is particularly good at helping cholesterol to leave the body through stool.
—Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 14 June 2023
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Stephanie Brown, Verywell Health, 13 Sep. 2023
When combined with water, mucilage forms a gel-like consistency.
—Cynthia Sass, Mph, Rd, Health, 25 Aug. 2023
Additionally, because of the presence of mucilage, certain medications may have limited absorption if taken in combination with slippery elm.
—Allison Knott Ms, Rdn, Cssd, Cdn, Verywell Health, 10 Aug. 2023
In addition to making gumbo naturally creamy and delicious, that liquid, called mucilage, is particularly good at helping cholesterol to leave the body through stool.
—Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 14 June 2023
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Use a water glass or other container that’s a little smaller than the bulb to allow the roots to dangle in the water without the bulb falling inside and getting stuck.Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Oct. 2024
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Paltrow spent much of the hour after her arrival rooted under the single branch of a pine tree, one of the few spots of shade in sight, and when the Jacquemus team confiscated parasols and water glasses—believed to look ugly on camera—guests began to feel like movie extras on a desert shoot.Nathan Heller, Vogue, 17 Oct. 2024
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Epoxy Epoxy flooring is a resinous flooring composed of epoxy resin and a hardening agent.Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Aug. 2024
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The strong and efficient hull is a sandwich of foam, e-glass, and epoxy resin, while the streamlined superstructure is made from lightweight carbon fiber.Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 20 June 2024
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Into a mortar and pestle, toss some cardamom seeds, cumin, garlic, salt, pepper and olive oil; mash to a paste and coat the squash.Claudia Alexander, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
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The sweet treat is made by turning dates and flour into a paste and lacing it with ghee.Paul Feinstein, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2024
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The infamously scary tunnel connecting Coraline to her Other Mother was made with an air hose attached to a glue gun sprayed over wires to get that cobweb effect.Emiliana Betancourt, Variety, 1 Nov. 2024
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Several TikTok users claimed nail glue is basically the same as super glue.Melissa Willets, Parents, 30 Oct. 2024
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Wig glue is an adhesive used to secure wigs or weaves to the scalp.Jazmine Boutte, StyleCaster, 7 Oct. 2024
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Rather than requiring pure force to separate the battery, passing an electric current through the adhesive will loosen it.Ewan Spence, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2024
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Zenzal attaches the transmitters to hummingbirds’ backs using a tiny drop of superglue and a larger dab of eyelash glue, which is nontoxic and will eventually come off without hurting the birds.Nala Rogers, Discover Magazine, 1 Oct. 2019
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Hopefully your first-aid kit has tweezers, because some of the alternatives—like superglue on a cotton swab—have the potential to go seriously wrong.Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 15 Dec. 2022
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What’s more, doing so resulted in no measurable change in fruit size or total quantity.Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 14 Nov. 2024
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There will be a wind event this week, but nothing like the conditions that caused the fire to explode in size last week, officials said.Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
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Her father was an Army veteran and union cement mason in the county.Ryan Macasero, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
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The only illumination was what passed through the corridor from the courtyard, a wedge of cold, muted light on the cement floor.Greg Jackson, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
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“Mucilage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mucilage. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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