: cold rice dressed with vinegar, formed into any of various shapes, and garnished especially with bits of raw seafood or vegetables
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Come dinnertime, a table at Takato will be calling your name, and nothing beats a sushi meal after a day in the sun.
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Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 12 June 2024
Brown sushi rice is the base for a mix of edamame, seaweed salad, avocado, king salmon, big eye tuna and cucumber crowned with a nice heap of baerii caviar and dressed with sesame caviar aioli ($45).
—Florence Fabricant, New York Times, 11 June 2024
Patrons have the options of sushi rolls, sashimi, bowls and platters — even a sushi cake.
—Bahar Anooshahr, The Arizona Republic, 11 June 2024
Was she supposed to be dining on sushi while all of her friends were gone?
—EW.com, 8 June 2024
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Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 12 June 2024
Brown sushi rice is the base for a mix of edamame, seaweed salad, avocado, king salmon, big eye tuna and cucumber crowned with a nice heap of baerii caviar and dressed with sesame caviar aioli ($45).
—Florence Fabricant, New York Times, 11 June 2024
Patrons have the options of sushi rolls, sashimi, bowls and platters — even a sushi cake.
—Bahar Anooshahr, The Arizona Republic, 11 June 2024
Was she supposed to be dining on sushi while all of her friends were gone?
—EW.com, 8 June 2024
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“Sushi.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sushi. Accessed 18 Jun. 2024.
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sushi
noun
su·shi
ˈsü-shē 
ˈsu̇sh-ē
: cold rice formed into any of various shapes and topped or wrapped with pieces of often raw seafood or vegetables
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