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language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense
all that talk about taking up the farming life was just a lot of spoiled applesauce
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Recent Examples of applesauce
Families can still order favorites like the Justaburger, Whatachick’n Strips, Whatachick’n Bites or Grilled Cheese, all paired with fries or applesauce, and a drink.
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Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 28 Apr. 2026
For old-world flavor, the Antonovka, Cox Orange Pippin, Orleans Reinette, and Seek-no-Further all shine in cider, applesauce, and pies.
—Rachel Silva, Martha Stewart, 25 Apr. 2026
My mother’s blueberry muffins used fresh berries, whole wheat flour, and applesauce instead of refined sugar.
—Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 10 Apr. 2026
Avoid stool-bulking foods such as white rice, white bread, bananas, applesauce, hard cheese, peanut butter, oatmeal and potatoes without skin.
—CBS News, 27 Mar. 2026
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Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 28 Apr. 2026
For old-world flavor, the Antonovka, Cox Orange Pippin, Orleans Reinette, and Seek-no-Further all shine in cider, applesauce, and pies.
—Rachel Silva, Martha Stewart, 25 Apr. 2026
My mother’s blueberry muffins used fresh berries, whole wheat flour, and applesauce instead of refined sugar.
—Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 10 Apr. 2026
Avoid stool-bulking foods such as white rice, white bread, bananas, applesauce, hard cheese, peanut butter, oatmeal and potatoes without skin.
—CBS News, 27 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for applesauce
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But for people who consume fewer calories, like Matthews’s mother, those calories and the protein in them are better off coming from whole foods—such as chicken, beans, nuts and vegetables.—
Bethany Brookshire,
Scientific American,
11 May 2026
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Pistachio nuts are also a favorite go-to snack.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
FOXNews.com,
10 May 2026
Noun
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Secure garbage and recycling bags.—
Barbara Bellesi Zito,
Southern Living,
8 May 2026
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Investigators said nearly 6,500 pets were promised a proper burial by Vereb, but instead their bodies were dumped in landfills or left in leaking garbage bags.—
Meghan Schiller,
CBS News,
8 May 2026
Noun
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And Bianco’s rhetoric about forcing changes in state law enforcement — especially on immigration — without the cooperation of Democratic supermajorities in the Legislature is authoritarian nonsense.—
U T Editorial Board,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 May 2026
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There’s still all this nonsense about the temptation of the female body, and the need for nuns to shield themselves from prying eyes.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 May 2026
Noun
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His jowls had dragged ropes of drool.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Apr. 2026
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The evidence is irrefutable — a pile of drool atop a drenched spot on your pillow.—
Sandee LaMotte,
CNN Money,
10 Mar. 2026
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The American League West is a Buc-ees-sized truck stop of blah, and an 81-win team could win it.—
Mac Engel
April 30,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
30 Apr. 2026
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Turn a blah brunch into a party with our famous Party Potatoes.—
Krissy Tiglias,
Southern Living,
17 Apr. 2026
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The chef Gregory Gourdet, the son of Haitian immigrants, approaches France from the view of the colonies, moving from Vietnam to Louisiana but ever circling back to the Caribbean and its wealth of plantains, salt cod, Scotch bonnets, pikliz and not-so-humble rice and beans.—
Ligaya Mishan,
New York Times,
11 May 2026
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Baked beans have been a side for an open flame meal since the time of the cowboy, and before that, our Britsh ancestors.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
11 May 2026
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From the Japanese point of view, leaving rubbish piled up in a stadium would be a bother to others.—
Stephen Wade,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Apr. 2026
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Local villages are actively monitoring the oceans and reefs in their environment, and backlash to a recent plan from a billionaire Australian to build a giant plant to incinerate rubbish in Fiji was loud and well organized, says Singh.—
MIchelle Duff,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Apr. 2026
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Commentors, of course, had a mixed bag of reactions, ranging from arguing that Kelce is the Duchess of Delco to criticizing the governor's silliness.—
Kaitlyn McCormick,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2026
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Yet there’s wisdom amid the silliness, as the story gently makes a case for the necessity of grief, mindfulness and mortal awareness, even in a life otherwise unburdened by adult human responsibility.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
27 Apr. 2026
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“Applesauce.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/applesauce. Accessed 15 May. 2026.
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