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Recent Examples of beaker
On the plate were a couple of horned beakers of water and small pieces of bread.
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Devon Ivie, Vulture, 25 June 2025
The refining process is simple distillation but with a lot of unnecessary pouring from one beaker to another to another ... all under a carport atop a gravel driveway in the backyard of his house.
—New Atlas, 23 June 2025
Warm bodies in lab coats dissect the ingredients, studying and categorizing them in beakers and Petri dishes.
—Essence, 16 June 2025
He was dismayed to discover that an awful lot of the job involved moving beakers from one table to another.
—William Baldwin, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
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Devon Ivie, Vulture, 25 June 2025
The refining process is simple distillation but with a lot of unnecessary pouring from one beaker to another to another ... all under a carport atop a gravel driveway in the backyard of his house.
—New Atlas, 23 June 2025
Warm bodies in lab coats dissect the ingredients, studying and categorizing them in beakers and Petri dishes.
—Essence, 16 June 2025
He was dismayed to discover that an awful lot of the job involved moving beakers from one table to another.
—William Baldwin, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for beaker
Noun
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Most soy milks are also fortified with it, containing about 120 IU per cup.—
Kelly Burch,
Verywell Health,
5 Mar. 2026
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Next, pour 1/2 cup of hydrogen peroxide into the toilet bowl.—
Nishaa Sharma,
The Spruce,
5 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Participants can take part in the town’s stein hoisting contest to see who can hold a full tankard of beer the longest.—
Erika Ebsworth-Goold,
Travel + Leisure,
25 Oct. 2025
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Mockrin references the tankard by painting the Sabine women in a color palette mimicking marble statuary or ivory carvings.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Enjoy it with a stein of German beer.—
USA TODAY NETWORK,
USA Today,
11 Feb. 2026
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Humans can enter a stein-holding contest, while canines can compete in a pup cup-holding challenge.—
Meena Thiruvengadam,
Travel + Leisure,
3 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Aim to create a goblet-like tree shape, which is the most efficient for growing large harvests of apples.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
4 Feb. 2026
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Keep an eye out for red water goblets for storing candy in.—
Ashley Poskin,
Martha Stewart,
1 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Mulvihill was the keeper of the trophy: the Van Nostrand Challenge Cup, a silver chalice with wintry sailing scenes in bas-relief.—
Ben McGrath,
New Yorker,
23 Feb. 2026
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To an extent Amorim was handed a chalice which has felt forever poisoned.—
Carl Anka,
New York Times,
31 Jan. 2026
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“Beaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beaker. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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