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the means or procedure for doing something
her recipe for attaining financial security is to save money, invest wisely, and live well within her means
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Recent Examples of recipe
This stuffing recipe requires only a handful of ingredients.
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Lorenzino Estrada, AZCentral.com, 7 Nov. 2025
Pumpkin spice usually consists of cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, cloves and allspice, though some recipes might leave out one or two of these spices.
—Hannah Yasharoff, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
Photograph, document, scent-capture — record notes, memories, bottles and recipe sketches so that scent’s past isn’t lost.
—Sudhir Gupta, Rolling Stone, 3 Nov. 2025
For the classic, stick with your family’s heirloom recipe or our Test Kitchen’s best.
—Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Nov. 2025
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Lorenzino Estrada, AZCentral.com, 7 Nov. 2025
Pumpkin spice usually consists of cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, cloves and allspice, though some recipes might leave out one or two of these spices.
—Hannah Yasharoff, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
Photograph, document, scent-capture — record notes, memories, bottles and recipe sketches so that scent’s past isn’t lost.
—Sudhir Gupta, Rolling Stone, 3 Nov. 2025
For the classic, stick with your family’s heirloom recipe or our Test Kitchen’s best.
—Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for recipe
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Researchers have demonstrated that aqueous zinc-ion batteries can offer long-term cycling stability and higher energy density with a new method.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Nov. 2025
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From there, make a deposit with a secure payment method, like a credit card.—
Tyler Everett,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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The research team claimed that this approach enables AeroMap to capture the main effects of drag without the high computing demands of more detailed simulations.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Nov. 2025
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This uneven approach means leaders can’t take a one-size-fits-all approach.—
Feon Ang,
Fortune,
7 Nov. 2025
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Their decision has highlighted deep divisions over legislative priorities and political strategy as lawmakers scramble to resolve the shutdown and address its nationwide consequences.—
Deputy News Editor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Nov. 2025
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What happened next, this time, was strange, and not uniformly validating for the Democrats’ strategy.—
Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
11 Nov. 2025
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Challenger’s report does not typically carry the same weight with economists and investors as federal jobs data, owing to its methodology.—
Steve Kopack,
NBC news,
6 Nov. 2025
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Its data spans categories, locations and time periods, according to DataWeave's methodology.—
Courtney Reagan,
CNBC,
5 Nov. 2025
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To say nothing about the thorny question of its genre—do Eastern European writers need to provide more explanations and justifications when using the technique of autofiction?—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Nov. 2025
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From techniques like deep-plane facelifts to the use of innovations such as tranexamic acid for safer, more technically proficient procedures, the field continues to evolve toward precision and care.—
Connie Etemadi,
USA Today,
4 Nov. 2025
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On Friday night the Supreme Court granted the request to block full SNAP payments as the case works its way through the courts.—
Nicole Nixon,
Sacbee.com,
10 Nov. 2025
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And the biggest November snowfall ever recorded in the city is 12 inches, all the way back in 1895.—
Briana Waxman,
CNN Money,
10 Nov. 2025
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“Recipe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recipe. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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