Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for leavened
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All of the pastas are made in-house and include spaghetti tossed with crab meat and lobster cream or rigatoni in creamy vodka sauce enlivened with a punch of Calabrian chiles and plenty of garlic.—
USA TODAY NETWORK,
USA Today,
19 Dec. 2025 -
All of the pastas are made in-house and include spaghetti tossed with crab meat and lobster cream or rigatoni in creamy vodka sauce enlivened with a punch of Calabrian chiles and plenty of garlic.—
Amanda Hancock,
Louisville Courier Journal,
12 Dec. 2025
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But the distinction may not be quite so neat, because the record is infused by Jesus, Christian imagery and matters of God to an extent that goes beyond easy symbolism.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Jan. 2026
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The Protein Pizza is made with pizza dough infused with whey protein and comes in two flavors, The Meats and The Veggie, per a press release.—
Sabrina Weiss,
PEOPLE,
15 Jan. 2026
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Gisele Bündchen's 18kt gold and diamond necklace is imbued with special meaning.—
Hannah Malach,
InStyle,
14 Jan. 2026
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This is the big stage, and these games are imbued with a sense of elevated stakes by Canucks fans and ownership alike.—
Thomas Drance,
New York Times,
12 Jan. 2026
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The negotiations will be the first since the writers and actors strikes of 2023, and will likely revisit the concerns that animated those stoppages, such as AI and residuals on streaming platforms.—
Gene Maddaus,
Variety,
9 Jan. 2026
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Red-orange and fierce in color, high and wide in girth, the flames surged forward, consuming every house, school, church, business, vehicle, bush and bicycle in its path, animated by hundred mile an hour winds and dragged by the swirling clouds of smoke that flushed ahead and settled over our home.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Jan. 2026
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Slow-attack tones emerge and are subsumed back within the haze, like single strands of a spiderweb zooming in and out of focus; the uppermost reaches are suffused in a delicate scrim of what sounds like electronic crickets.—
Philip Sherburne,
Pitchfork,
14 Jan. 2026
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Its pages are suffused with love for her mother and for the myriad anonymous Chinese sources and academics who help Chang in researching her historical projects — and suffered blowback as a result.—
Emily Feng,
NPR,
13 Jan. 2026
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And the heat shield’s performance has steeped Orion in controversy and criticism.—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN Money,
31 Dec. 2025
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Most teas need to be steeped for between 2–5 minutes.—
Jillian Kubala,
Health,
26 Dec. 2025
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We’re being inoculated by the patriarchy.—
Destiny Jackson,
Deadline,
13 Jan. 2026
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The 53-seat Senate Republican majority has largely inoculated them from issues with Cabinet and other high-level confirmation fights.—
Emily Brooks,
The Hill,
27 Dec. 2025
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“Leavened.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leavened. Accessed 19 Jan. 2026.
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