soybean oil
noun
plural soybean oils
: a pale yellow drying or semidrying oil that is obtained from soybeans and is used chiefly as a food, in paints, varnishes, linoleum, printing ink, and soap, and as a source of phospholipids, fatty acids, and sterols
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This will lift demand for domestic soybean oil, benefiting Archer-Daniels-Midland.
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Lisa Kailai Han,alex Harring, CNBC, 18 May 2025
Compared with the alternatives, soybean oil will seem even cheaper: It is produced domestically; imports are essentially zero.
—Rachel Sugar, The Atlantic, 11 Apr. 2025
Canola oil, for one, derives from seeds of the canola, or rapeseed plant, while soybean oil comes from soybean plant seeds.
—Kristen Rogers, CNN, 25 Mar. 2025
For once, that’s an easy diet to swallow: One menu item might be salmon seared in soybean oil, Morrison suggests.
—Amber Dance, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Apr. 2025
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Lisa Kailai Han,alex Harring, CNBC, 18 May 2025
Compared with the alternatives, soybean oil will seem even cheaper: It is produced domestically; imports are essentially zero.
—Rachel Sugar, The Atlantic, 11 Apr. 2025
Canola oil, for one, derives from seeds of the canola, or rapeseed plant, while soybean oil comes from soybean plant seeds.
—Kristen Rogers, CNN, 25 Mar. 2025
For once, that’s an easy diet to swallow: One menu item might be salmon seared in soybean oil, Morrison suggests.
—Amber Dance, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for soybean oil
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“Soybean oil.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/soybean%20oil. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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