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Recent Examples of corn
Throw the medium-sized bag in the backseat and load it up with corn and the season’s best tiny blueberries during impromptu stops at roadside farm stands, or grab a small version for a cute purse.
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Liz Provencher, Travel + Leisure, 19 Aug. 2025
Food costs are high, and the industry is crowded; spice can be a cheap way to produce flavor, get consumer attention, and mask less-expensive ingredients such as corn and chicken.
—Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 18 Aug. 2025
The dog days of summer are behind us, even though the Buckeye state has had scorching temperatures, triple-digit heat advisories, humidity from corn sweat, and waves of rain.
—Mariyam Muhammad, Cincinnati Enquirer, 15 Aug. 2025
If there's a Southern sideboard in view, there's a casserole dish brimming with corn pudding on it.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 8 Aug. 2025
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Liz Provencher, Travel + Leisure, 19 Aug. 2025
Food costs are high, and the industry is crowded; spice can be a cheap way to produce flavor, get consumer attention, and mask less-expensive ingredients such as corn and chicken.
—Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 18 Aug. 2025
The dog days of summer are behind us, even though the Buckeye state has had scorching temperatures, triple-digit heat advisories, humidity from corn sweat, and waves of rain.
—Mariyam Muhammad, Cincinnati Enquirer, 15 Aug. 2025
If there's a Southern sideboard in view, there's a casserole dish brimming with corn pudding on it.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 8 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for corn
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By breaking down quickly and efficiently in the septic tank, the toilet paper minimizes the contribution to the sludge layer.—
Timothy Dale,
Better Homes & Gardens,
14 Aug. 2025
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The band’s macabre theatricality pricks up in the advancing madness of shows from hard-rock staples like Alice Cooper throughout the ’70s and the plummeting tempos that would inform stoner rock and sludge metal later on.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
25 July 2025
Noun
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If more goo is found, the goal will be to collect it without disturbing its oxygen-free environment, said lead researcher Cody Sheik, a microbial ecologist at Large Lakes Observatory.—
Taylor Nicioli,
CNN Money,
1 Aug. 2025
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The strawberries have a dull, squalid complexion, trapped in a strawberry goo.—
Alex Beggs,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
19 July 2025
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“Corn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/corn. Accessed 3 Sep. 2025.
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