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There was also an unhinged Italian hoagie recipe, consisting of pepperoni, shredded mozzarella, raw garlic, mushrooms, and black olives.—Adam Erace, Bon Appetit Magazine, 11 Dec. 2025 Biochemically, two therapies might be the equivalent of a pizza with pepperoni and another with artichokes.—Nancy Walecki, The Atlantic, 8 Dec. 2025 Health inspectors gave the gas station a yellow placard after cheese pepperoni, ranchero steak and southwest chicken tornadoes on the roller grill measured outside of the temperature range considered safe.—Sacbee.com, 5 Dec. 2025 The recipe typically contains cheese and pepperoni as a protein source.—Merve Ceylan, Health, 5 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for pepperoni
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Etymology
Italian peperoni cayenne peppers, plural of peperone, augmentative of pepe pepper, from Latin piper — more at pepper
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