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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
In the snapshots below, common UPF ingredients are easy to spot in a range of popular foods.
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Stephen J. Beard, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
Chef Yasmin Nasir is helping families in Gaza adapt recipes to make the most of the limited ingredients available.
—Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2025
In this century’s first two decades, the city had become America’s most relevant and talked-about dining capital — fueled by affordable commercial rents, innovative talent and its access to choice ingredients from local purveyors.
—Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 2 Oct. 2025
Pace also suggests blending other blood sugar-friendly ingredients like oats, tofu, kefir, peanut powder, egg whites, or pea protein.
—Kathleen Ferraro, Verywell Health, 2 Oct. 2025
New and improved ingredients beyond filters are coming—like film formers, which enhance water resistance and ensure even application.
—Kelly Dobos, Allure, 2 Oct. 2025
Similar to her beautifully-streamlined Lemon Chicken and Sautéed Snap Peas, this easy Ina Garten pasta recipe proves that a small amount of ingredients can make a big impact.
—Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Oct. 2025
The company provided a full list of ingredients that will be eliminated, including many FD&C dyes and titanium dioxide.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 2 Oct. 2025
The ingredients would be removed from Great Value, Marketside, Freshness Guaranteed, and bettergoods brands, according to the announcement.
—Rey Covarrubias Jr, AZCentral.com, 2 Oct. 2025
Stephen J. Beard, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
Chef Yasmin Nasir is helping families in Gaza adapt recipes to make the most of the limited ingredients available.
—Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2025
In this century’s first two decades, the city had become America’s most relevant and talked-about dining capital — fueled by affordable commercial rents, innovative talent and its access to choice ingredients from local purveyors.
—Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 2 Oct. 2025
Pace also suggests blending other blood sugar-friendly ingredients like oats, tofu, kefir, peanut powder, egg whites, or pea protein.
—Kathleen Ferraro, Verywell Health, 2 Oct. 2025
New and improved ingredients beyond filters are coming—like film formers, which enhance water resistance and ensure even application.
—Kelly Dobos, Allure, 2 Oct. 2025
Similar to her beautifully-streamlined Lemon Chicken and Sautéed Snap Peas, this easy Ina Garten pasta recipe proves that a small amount of ingredients can make a big impact.
—Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Oct. 2025
The company provided a full list of ingredients that will be eliminated, including many FD&C dyes and titanium dioxide.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 2 Oct. 2025
The ingredients would be removed from Great Value, Marketside, Freshness Guaranteed, and bettergoods brands, according to the announcement.
—Rey Covarrubias Jr, AZCentral.com, 2 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ingredients
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A number of factors contribute to the erosion of the Outer Banks barrier islands, including their low-lying and naturally sandy character, which leaves them vulnerable to shifting and wave action.—
Janet Loehrke,
USA Today,
4 Oct. 2025
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However, when siblings were included in the analysis – controlling for environmental, medical and genetic factors that could have contributed – the small, elevated risk disappeared.—
Tami S. Rowen,
The Conversation,
3 Oct. 2025
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People may try to label it something else, and try to determine what led someone to such an act — and there may have been other components.—
Frank Witsil,
Freep.com,
29 Sep. 2025
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As the main Chinese unit participating in the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) project, ASIPP has taken responsibility for several critical components.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Sep. 2025
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There's also the question of the mole inside the FBI, which the show seems to be leading us to believe is actually Kathleen McGinty (Martha Plimpton) rather than one of the three task force members working under Tom (Mark Ruffalo).—
Megan McCluskey,
Time,
29 Sep. 2025
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Abrego Garcia’s lawyers have argued that travel to Moshannon is far more difficult for members of the defense team based in Nashville, and not easier for those in New York.—
Christine Valora,
The Washington Examiner,
28 Sep. 2025
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Native ornamental grasses like Little Bluestem () provide both food through their seeds and cover from the elements.—
Maria Azzurra Volpe,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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There’s an athleticism and a cheekiness to the Hoggett school of stage movement — the street is always present, along with pinches of parkour, blended with elements of more traditional dance that would probably make a real posse of youths roll their eyes.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Ingredients.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ingredients. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.
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