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Mound the salad over the kale (or divide between individual serving bowls).—Lynda Balslev, Mercury News, 4 June 2025 Use celery in cold salads like pasta, kale, or chicken salad.—Nancy Lebrun, Verywell Health, 4 Aug. 2025 Among the starters are a tasty watermelon and kale salad and a Greek salad.—Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 30 July 2025 Lamb trimmings, pistachio crumbs, kale stems and the fleshy insides of russet potatoes have all been incorporated into the restaurant’s menu.—Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 21 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for kale
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Etymology
Scots, from Middle English (northern) cal, from Old English cāl — more at cole
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