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Recent Examples of Synonyms for leavening
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The Senegal players won’t be the only ones enlivening this summer’s World Cup.
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There is also enough cheese and schmaltz to go around, enlivening the more straightforward parts of the film.
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Shop Now Citrus hues are always invigorating, whether served in small doses or in a monochromatic statement moment.
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More a sophisticated salon than sports bar, Champagne is doing the invigorating work for those in the pursuit of luxury and a hat trick that giant LED screens will be doing elsewhere.
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The Sagittarius moon coordinates with Saturn, infusing your goals with a stronger sense of purpose.
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In interviews, Cannelle has spoken about wanting to represent her country and make French cool, and CINNA shines on this front, infusing sounds popularized by the likes of Justice and Yelle with fresh humor and personality.
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Clearer too is the animating force behind his lyrics, carried forward from hardcore and post-hardcore, that self-improvement is vital and even political.
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Doctorow’s animating questions needle at something bigger.
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Swedish entrepreneur Bengt Mortstedt and his family have spent two decades imbuing the Bequia Beach Hotel with low-key luxury.
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The need to complete that project has grown in urgency as NASA has faced increased competition with its space race rival, China, imbuing SpaceX’s sudden change in priorities with both financial and political stakes.
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Soldiers were self-inoculating without quarantine—which led to rampant rates of infection.
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Louvered windows are opened to allow outside air in, cooling the wort and inoculating it with microbes that will magically start fermentation.
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After suffusing some of this lunar simulant with helium-3, Interlune will use those samples to test its extraction methods.
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And, yes, suffusing it all is Pelicot’s interesting unreliability—to herself above all.
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Rose water is made by steeping fresh, untreated rose petals in water, creating a fragrant, versatile liquid.
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Make spearmint tea by steeping fresh or dried spearmint leaves in hot water.
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“Leavening.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leavening. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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