: a paste of pureed chickpeas usually mixed with sesame oil or sesame paste and eaten as a dip or sandwich spread
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Warm bread arrives, ready to mop up za’atar olive oil and smoky hummus.
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Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
And to spring back to mazeh for a moment, the menu’s weirdest disappointment was the hummus, a dish that isn’t a longstanding part of Iranian cuisine, but, as with so many of us in the world who love blitzed garbanzos, has been adopted from its Eastern Mediterranean origins.
—Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2026
Come lunch, Hall savors a wrap sandwich stuffed with hummus and mixed greens, and dinner is air-fryer barbecue chicken thighs, roasted broccoli, and brown basmati rice.
—Karla Walsh, Southern Living, 19 Jan. 2026
Top oatmeal or salads with pumpkin seeds, snack on walnuts, or enjoy chickpeas as hummus for zinc and selenium.
—Lauren Manaker, SELF, 19 Jan. 2026
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Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
And to spring back to mazeh for a moment, the menu’s weirdest disappointment was the hummus, a dish that isn’t a longstanding part of Iranian cuisine, but, as with so many of us in the world who love blitzed garbanzos, has been adopted from its Eastern Mediterranean origins.
—Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2026
Come lunch, Hall savors a wrap sandwich stuffed with hummus and mixed greens, and dinner is air-fryer barbecue chicken thighs, roasted broccoli, and brown basmati rice.
—Karla Walsh, Southern Living, 19 Jan. 2026
Top oatmeal or salads with pumpkin seeds, snack on walnuts, or enjoy chickpeas as hummus for zinc and selenium.
—Lauren Manaker, SELF, 19 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for hummus
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“Hummus.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hummus. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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