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Recent Examples of masticate Plus centrifugal juicers produce watery or less healthy juices than masticating/slow juicers. Nora Colomer May Earn A Commission If You Buy Through Our Referral Links. This Content Was Created By A Team That Works Independently From The Fox Newsroom., FOXNews.com, 21 May 2025 But the Republicans masticated the issue endlessly Monday nonetheless. Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2024 Your Questions, Answered Are masticating or centrifugal juicers better? Brittany Vanderbill, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 July 2023 Your Questions, Answered Is a centrifugal or masticating juicer better? Both centrifugal and masticating juicers make excellent juice. Caroline Thomason, Health, 5 July 2023 The opening sequence, where McGuigan shamelessly apes Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes, is reasonably entertaining, and McAvoy masticates the scenery with a winking fervor that befits the project, but the whole thing is unforgivably half-baked. Dan Sheehan, Literary Hub, 12 Mar. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for masticate
chew
Verb
  • The video cuts to her lying in bed chewing the banana.
    Bryan West, USA Today, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Adult beetles chew leaf tissue, leaving the foliage skeletonized and lacy-looking.
    Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 6 Oct. 2025

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