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Recent Examples of breadbasket
Hokkaido has long been Japan’s breadbasket.
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Jonnie Bayfield, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Oct. 2025
Farm workers labor in the fields south of Bakersfield, in Kern County, California's breadbasket, on April 9, 2025.
—Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 July 2025
Other key agricultural zones, including the breadbaskets of the world, are also at risk.
—Narcisa Pricope, The Conversation, 10 Feb. 2025
Bidirectional charging uses an inverter about the size of a breadbasket, located either in a dedicated charging box or onboard the car.
—IEEE Spectrum, 27 June 2022
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Jonnie Bayfield, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Oct. 2025
Farm workers labor in the fields south of Bakersfield, in Kern County, California's breadbasket, on April 9, 2025.
—Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 July 2025
Other key agricultural zones, including the breadbaskets of the world, are also at risk.
—Narcisa Pricope, The Conversation, 10 Feb. 2025
Bidirectional charging uses an inverter about the size of a breadbasket, located either in a dedicated charging box or onboard the car.
—IEEE Spectrum, 27 June 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for breadbasket
Noun
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The recurrent and widely recognizable figure of the girl with a bullet in her stomach runs not toward safety but toward the forest, carrying both terror and life within her.—
Alex Averbuch,
Literary Hub,
24 Feb. 2026
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My stomach churned with one too many sugary gels.—
Dimity McDowell,
Time,
24 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The pain in her abdomen seared despite the Dilaudid.—
Amber Gaudet
Updated February 20,
Charlotte Observer,
20 Feb. 2026
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Doctors opened her abdomen from her breastbone down, looking for more growths.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Feb. 2026
Noun
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One by one, barbecue meals are expanding from simple, satisfying lunches into belly-groaning, over-the-top exercises in gluttony.—
Robert F. Moss,
Southern Living,
21 Feb. 2026
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Watching midsize creators’ honest try-on hauls feels like being in a dressing room with a best friend, laughing over the ridiculousness of needing to do squats to see if jeans have enough give to accommodate your belly and thighs.—
Petra Guglielmetti,
Glamour,
20 Feb. 2026
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“Breadbasket.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/breadbasket. Accessed 1 Mar. 2026.
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