as in junk
that which is of low quality or worth
you wouldn't believe the cheese that the movie studio puts out
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Recent Examples of cheese
For Valentine’s Day, the chocolate infusion flight or sunset cheese flight fit the occasion.
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Usa Today Network, USA Today, 13 Feb. 2026
The shops offer the traditional spreads — scallion, spicy scallion, veggie, strawberry — as well as the classic bacon, egg and cheese bagel and specialty sandwiches (turkey, bacon, avocado, pepper jack and southwest sauce, or veggie cream cheese with avocado, tomato and cucumbers).
—Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 13 Feb. 2026
Add the Velveeta cheese a little at a time, stirring constantly.
—CBS News, 12 Feb. 2026
Its filling is canned pinto beans, prepared salsa, and pepper Jack cheese.
—Victoria Spencer, Martha Stewart, 12 Feb. 2026
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Usa Today Network, USA Today, 13 Feb. 2026
The shops offer the traditional spreads — scallion, spicy scallion, veggie, strawberry — as well as the classic bacon, egg and cheese bagel and specialty sandwiches (turkey, bacon, avocado, pepper jack and southwest sauce, or veggie cream cheese with avocado, tomato and cucumbers).
—Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 13 Feb. 2026
Add the Velveeta cheese a little at a time, stirring constantly.
—CBS News, 12 Feb. 2026
Its filling is canned pinto beans, prepared salsa, and pepper Jack cheese.
—Victoria Spencer, Martha Stewart, 12 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cheese
Noun
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Without Callie around, the chasm between Minnie — who holds an after-school job and eats microwaved junk at home — and Callie’s other friends feels wider than ever.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
14 Feb. 2026
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Fox News Digital took photos of the nearby camps — which contain piles of junk, such as clothes, open containers, boxes, bags and trash.—
Michael Ruiz , Adriana James-Rodil,
FOXNews.com,
13 Feb. 2026
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Piles of human scraps offer a bottomless buffet to wildlife, and to access that bounty, animals need to be bold enough to rummage through human rubbish but not so bold as to become a threat to people.—
Marina Wang,
Scientific American,
14 Nov. 2025
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Helga once wrestled down a drunk fisherman in the Café, a man of above-average size, and then threw him out like a piece of rubbish; Jens thus transfers most of his weight automatically to her; who is this kid, by the way?—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Nov. 2025
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“Cheese.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cheese. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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