caloric

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Recent Examples of caloric Increasingly, nutrition scientists are grappling with questions about whether a difference in quality of two equally caloric foods affects fat accumulation. Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 11 Aug. 2025 Hank told me the caloric expenditure of her making her way to the beach, digging the nest, laying the eggs, covering them up with the sand. Taylor Hagood, Sun Sentinel, 4 Aug. 2025 Yet intermittent fasting can upset the menstrual cycle, and women lose muscle mass from caloric restriction more rapidly than men. Tad Friend, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025 The randomized clinical trial found that participants who followed a 4:3 intermittent fasting regimen lost more weight than those who followed a daily caloric restriction plan—despite both groups receiving identical behavioral support and exercise guidance. Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for caloric
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Adjective
  • The nation wants to snack its way to feeling better, and manufacturers are producing more and more fast food snacks that are increasingly calorific.
    Alex Ledsom, Fortune Europe, 1 Dec. 2024
  • Chick-fil-A's spicy deluxe sandwich is the restaurant's most calorific offering at just 550 calories.
    Malak Silmi, San Antonio Express-News, 17 Sep. 2021
Adjective
  • Much of what is imported is lean beef trimmings that meatpackers mix with fattier beef produced in the United States to produce the varieties of ground beef that domestic consumers want, so any change in imports would affect primarily hamburger.
    Dave Smith, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2025
  • If your goal is to get the most omega-3s, choose fattier fish, like salmon.
    Merve Ceylan, Health, 22 Oct. 2025

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“Caloric.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caloric. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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