chewing gum
noun
: a sweetened and flavored insoluble plastic material (such as a preparation of chicle) used for chewing
Examples of chewing gum in a Sentence
a piece of chewing gum
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Avoid activities that require you to forcefully move your jaw, such as yelling, yawning, eating large bites of food, eating crunchy or hard foods, and chewing gum.
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Angelica Bottaro, Verywell Health, 14 Apr. 2025
Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Dental Medicine, in collaboration with a Finnish team, have explored an unusual but promising solution: chewing gum infused with antiviral compounds.
—Jenny Lehmann, Discover Magazine, 9 Apr. 2025
Ironically, this new era of chewing gum is manufactured with a distinctly modern ingredient, one not usually associated with wellness: plastic.
—Hannah Seo, The Atlantic, 29 Mar. 2025
But chewing gum’s impact on our ingestion of microplastics isn’t well studied.
—Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 25 Mar. 2025
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Angelica Bottaro, Verywell Health, 14 Apr. 2025
Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Dental Medicine, in collaboration with a Finnish team, have explored an unusual but promising solution: chewing gum infused with antiviral compounds.
—Jenny Lehmann, Discover Magazine, 9 Apr. 2025
Ironically, this new era of chewing gum is manufactured with a distinctly modern ingredient, one not usually associated with wellness: plastic.
—Hannah Seo, The Atlantic, 29 Mar. 2025
But chewing gum’s impact on our ingestion of microplastics isn’t well studied.
—Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 25 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for chewing gum
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“Chewing gum.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chewing%20gum. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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