ground beef

noun

: beef that has been cut into very small pieces

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George Webb’s chili is also popular, featuring lean ground beef, kidney beans and spaghetti noodles. Sofia Joseph, jsonline.com, 22 July 2025 Advertisement Read More: Food Dyes Are Lurking in Surprising Places Still, tariffs aren’t helping: U.S. producers depend on certain types of lean beef from Brazil to make ground beef, for instance, Ortega says, and the 10% tariff on almost all food imports is making that more expensive. Alana Semuels, Time, 15 July 2025 Add ground beef to the preheated pan, and cook until browned. Aly Walansky, Southern Living, 8 July 2025 Three ounces of 80% lean ground beef provides just over 100% of the RDA for B12. Ashley Braun, Verywell Health, 1 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for ground beef

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“Ground beef.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ground%20beef. Accessed 27 Jul. 2025.

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