ingredients

noun

plural of ingredient
as in factors
one of the parts that make up a whole one of the ingredients in the salad dressing is sugar

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Recent Examples of ingredients Grab a coffee at Joycraft Roasters or Barn Owl Eatery & Café, and book a dinner at The Bear, The Fish, The Root & The Berry, which has a menu packed with local ingredients and Indigenous culinary traditions. — Maryam Siddiqi, Travel + Leisure, 13 July 2026 Did faraway comets or space rocks deliver the essential ingredients to us? — CBS News, 13 July 2026 For mature or dry skin, look for hydrating and moisturizing ingredients like hyaluronic acid, glycerin, ceramides, and niacinamide. — Catharine Malzahn, Allure, 13 July 2026 An all–Native New Mexican leadership team infused the seasonal restaurant with ingredients all grown in the Rio Grande basin. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 July 2026 The only way to approach it was to build something new out of the ingredients of Carrie. — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 13 July 2026 Some restaurants have reportedly pulled certain fresh ingredients off their menu while the investigation continues. — Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 13 July 2026 The experience of the drink is composed, elegant even, a sophisticated push and pull subtlety and counterbalance, but the list of ingredients reads, to me, to be almost flamboyantly random. — Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 11 July 2026 Simply prepare all of the ingredients one day before, fold over the enchiladas, and refrigerate. — Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ingredients
  1. factors
  2. components
  3. members
  4. elements
Noun
  • Offer availability, placement, and display are determined by the third party and may be influenced by compensation and other factors.
    — Kelsey Neubauer, CNBC, 13 July 2026
  • Anyone with medical issues, livestock needs, or other factors that require more time to evacuate is encouraged to begin preparing immediately and to leave as soon as possible.
    — Christa Swanson, CBS News, 13 July 2026
Definition of factors
Noun
  • On August 18, Trump bought at least $250,000 in stock in two defense contractors involved in producing components of the F-22 Raptor jet – RTX and Boeing – as well as at least $100,000 in stock in a third, Northrop Grumman.
    — Isabelle Chapman, CNN Money, 16 July 2026
  • The compatibility between their shapes allows lactase to break lactose apart into its simple sugar components, which are more easily managed by the digestive system.
    — Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 15 July 2026
Definition of components
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  • Fifty members of the European Parliament (MEPs) wrote to FIFA after the Balogun saga to demand that the organization address an ethics complaint made against Infantino over his decision to award Trump the FIFA Peace Prize in December 2025.
    — Adam Crafton, New York Times, 18 July 2026
  • Days before the team headed to Miami for their third place game against France on Saturday, six members of the team paid a visit to Joe’s Kansas City Bar-B-Que on one of their last nights in KC this week.
    — Rashad Alexander, Kansas City Star, 18 July 2026
Definition of members
Noun
  • Her grieving brother, Bobby Gifford, couldn't stand that her body was left out in the elements somewhere, never to be found again.
    — Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 11 July 2026
  • Running for five seasons into September 1977, the hourlong drama with comic elements never was a ratings hit, only denting the year-end primetime Top 30 once in the three-network universe.
    — Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 10 July 2026
Definition of elements

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