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Recent Examples of freeze-dried
Perri Thaler, IEEE Spectrum, 22 Oct. 2025
The healthiest chips are baked, air-fried, dehydrated, or freeze-dried.
—Lauren O'Connor, Health, 20 Oct. 2025
Showgirl, however, sounds freeze-dried, prepacked, obvious.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 3 Oct. 2025
The drying process can cause instant coffee to be a little acidic; look for freeze-dried instead of spray-dried.
—Alexandra Emanuelli, Southern Living, 21 Aug. 2025
Once a sample is taken to determine its age, it will be freeze-dried for preservation purposes and possibly displayed in the future.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 15 May 2025
Beef organ supplements contain a blend of cow organs that are freeze-dried and powdered.
—Allison Herries, Verywell Health, 16 Apr. 2025
Mills also recommended not feeding cats raw milk or raw food, even if the products are commercially packaged, frozen or freeze-dried.
—Jia H. Jung, The Mercury News, 7 Mar. 2025
Kelly's taste test: Axios had an early taste of the two colorful drinks and fell in love with the interesting combination of peppermint and matcha as well as coconut and freeze-dried dragonfruit.
—Kelly Tyko, Axios, 22 Oct. 2024
Adjective
The slurry was freeze-dried and brought up to 950 °C for an hour to decompose.
—Perri Thaler, IEEE Spectrum, 22 Oct. 2025
The healthiest chips are baked, air-fried, dehydrated, or freeze-dried.
—Lauren O'Connor, Health, 20 Oct. 2025
Showgirl, however, sounds freeze-dried, prepacked, obvious.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 3 Oct. 2025
The drying process can cause instant coffee to be a little acidic; look for freeze-dried instead of spray-dried.
—Alexandra Emanuelli, Southern Living, 21 Aug. 2025
Once a sample is taken to determine its age, it will be freeze-dried for preservation purposes and possibly displayed in the future.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 15 May 2025
Beef organ supplements contain a blend of cow organs that are freeze-dried and powdered.
—Allison Herries, Verywell Health, 16 Apr. 2025
Mills also recommended not feeding cats raw milk or raw food, even if the products are commercially packaged, frozen or freeze-dried.
—Jia H. Jung, The Mercury News, 7 Mar. 2025
Kelly's taste test: Axios had an early taste of the two colorful drinks and fell in love with the interesting combination of peppermint and matcha as well as coconut and freeze-dried dragonfruit.
—Kelly Tyko, Axios, 22 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for freeze-dried
Adjective
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The masks are made from hydrogel, which, Dixneuf says, is particularly well-suited for dehydrated, puffy, and tired eyes.—
Jenny Berg,
Vogue,
27 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Cover with a tight-fitting lid; cook over medium, swirling skillet every couple of minutes, until water is evaporated and potatoes are tender, about 25 minutes.—
Melinda Salchert,
Southern Living,
1 Nov. 2025
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Andy Jones What the data says Burnley’s promotion was built on a strong defensive foundation, but that stability has quickly evaporated against Premier League opposition.—
Chris Weatherspoon,
New York Times,
31 Oct. 2025
Verb
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And even as the river dried, basin states hoped to negotiate a water-sharing deal to avoid the worst consequences of drought.—
Austin Corona,
AZCentral.com,
6 Nov. 2025
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Silgranit sinks can be cleaned with a mixture of dish soap and vinegar, which will need to sit for at least an hour if there are any hard water deposits before being rinsed and dried.—
Lauren Wicks,
Southern Living,
6 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Sereno proposes that the creatures’ carcasses were first desiccated in a drought before suddenly being engulfed by sediment—likely brought on by a flood.—
Andrea Tamayo,
Scientific American,
23 Oct. 2025
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The authors argue that those features, the intact, hyper-flexed skeletons and the absence of the disarticulation expected after ordinary decay, indicate bodies had been desiccated before burial rather than interred as fresh cadavers.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Freeze-dried.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/freeze-dried. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.
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