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Recent Examples of calorific
The nation wants to snack its way to feeling better, and manufacturers are producing more and more fast food snacks that are increasingly calorific.
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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
Known for being dense and calorific, mooncakes are typically filled with lotus seed or red bean paste and a salted egg yolk symbolizing the moon.
—Washington Post, 21 Aug. 2019
China has plenty of low-quality coal at home, but needs to blend that with cleaner, more calorific coal from abroad to hit pollution targets.
—Nathaniel Taplin, WSJ, 19 Sep. 2018
Unsurprisingly, more calorific diets went along with bigger brains.
—Cathleen O'Grady, Ars Technica, 23 Aug. 2018
In the early 1900s, the eponymous Alfredo di Lielo needed a calorific meal to feed his pregnant wife.
—Erin Florio, CNT, 3 Oct. 2017
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
Known for being dense and calorific, mooncakes are typically filled with lotus seed or red bean paste and a salted egg yolk symbolizing the moon.
—Washington Post, 21 Aug. 2019
China has plenty of low-quality coal at home, but needs to blend that with cleaner, more calorific coal from abroad to hit pollution targets.
—Nathaniel Taplin, WSJ, 19 Sep. 2018
Unsurprisingly, more calorific diets went along with bigger brains.
—Cathleen O'Grady, Ars Technica, 23 Aug. 2018
In the early 1900s, the eponymous Alfredo di Lielo needed a calorific meal to feed his pregnant wife.
—Erin Florio, CNT, 3 Oct. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for calorific
Adjective
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To keep your drink lighter, opt for unsweetened preparations or use safe, non-caloric sweeteners such as monk fruit.—
Jillian Kubala,
Health,
19 Oct. 2025
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Bodybuilders traditionally starved that fat off in the subsequent cutting phase, a period of caloric restriction that can last just as long as the bulk.—
Yasmin Tayag,
The Atlantic,
17 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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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
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If your goal is to get the most omega-3s, choose fattier fish, like salmon.—
Merve Ceylan,
Health,
22 Oct. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Calorific.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/calorific. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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