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Recent Examples of curd
Be sure to allow a few hours of chilling time to let the flavors meld and the biscuits, cream, and curd to set into a soft, scoopable consistency.
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Martha Stewart, 15 Mar. 2026
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Martha Stewart, 15 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for curd
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Two dented blue bottles of Cuajo Titanium, a liquid coagulating enzyme used to curdle milk, remained on a wooden table, caked in mud.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
27 Mar. 2026
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Dairy-heavy recipes like creamy soups, sauces, or chowders are less likely to curdle when they're cooked slowly and gently.—
Katie Rosenhouse,
Southern Living,
11 Mar. 2026
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Continue stirring and splashing in water, aiming for where the flour has not yet clumped and shaking the bowl (or scraping down the sides) as needed to incorporate all the flour, until the mixture forms small, irregularly sized clumps, about rice- or pea-sized.—
The Washington Post,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Apr. 2026
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The wet clippings clump together on the mower blades and in the lawn.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
10 Apr. 2026
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Anything with a carburetor, anything with old rubber, primitive rubber, ethanol can leave like a varnish behind and gum up carburetors very easily.—
Kyle Cheromcha,
The Drive,
1 Apr. 2026
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Iran could escalate by calling on Yemen’s Houthis to block traffic through the Red Sea — further gumming up oil exports and international trade — and by striking other oil infrastructure in the region.—
Nicholas D. Kristof,
Mercury News,
21 Mar. 2026
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Green enchilada sauce and a poblano chiles add the right amount of heat while the mashed Great Northern beans thicken the broth—no dairy needed.—
Amanda Favazza,
Southern Living,
15 Apr. 2026
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The information war would almost certainly thicken at the same time.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Apr. 2026
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The team offers several classes per week, with a mix of hands-on and demonstration instruction across topics like steak, bread making, and cake baking and decorating.—
Nicole Schnitzler,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Apr. 2026
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The interior gauges, caked in 50 years of dust, are beautiful, with a peculiar toggle switch in the center of the dashboard that looks like it was taken from an RAF Spitfire fighter plane.—
Jesus R. Garcia,
Houston Chronicle,
5 Apr. 2026
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“Curd.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/curd. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.
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