Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for leavening
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But Hitt has a special skill for enlivening the archive, and its gaps.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 Dec. 2025 -
Amid all the fresh novelty enlivening the Southern barbecue scene, many old classics still shine.—
Robert F. Moss,
Southern Living,
17 Sep. 2025
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Strips of lemon and orange zest perfume batters and fillings with their invigorating essential oils.—
Jesse Szewczyk,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
28 Jan. 2026
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Innogear Essential Oil Diffuser This essential oil diffuser instantly fills your bathroom with invigorating scents, such as lavender or eucalyptus, turning every bath and shower into a relaxing experience.—
Sian Babish,
PEOPLE,
22 Jan. 2026
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The flavorful new option is made by infusing the clean taste of Absolut vodka with the heat and aroma that comes from the peppers used to make the South’s most famous hot sauce.—
Melissa Locker,
Southern Living,
28 Jan. 2026
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This is how the living assist the imaginations of the dead, infusing reality with fiction and altering the meaning of a city.—
Hari Kunzru,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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Artisanal, electric energy has occupied the grand bones of this intoxicating city, with young creatives animating the unbuttoned cafés and bars filling its old town’s squares—the air always hot and heavy with wafts of arancini and zucchini fritti.—
Rosalyn Wikeley,
Condé Nast Traveler,
10 Jan. 2026
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Several union leaders remarked on how animating an issue of telework has been over the last nine months.—
William Melhado,
Sacbee.com,
23 Dec. 2025
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Aggressive Mars conjoins cosmic detective Pluto in your sign, imbuing you with shockingly powerful initiative.—
Tarot.com,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 Jan. 2026
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Hepburn knew how to style separates, imbuing even the most basic pieces with a sense of effortless elegance.—
Amber Rambharose,
InStyle,
18 Jan. 2026
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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.—
Don Tse,
Forbes.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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Similarly, white Americans are nearly four times as likely to skip or delay vaccinating their children compared to Asian Americans, with 19 percent and 5 percent, respectively, forgoing or putting off inoculating their kids, according to the poll.—
Alejandra O’Connell-Domenech,
The Hill,
15 Sep. 2025
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Your energetic 5th house hosts the meeting of Mercury and Pluto, suffusing your hobbies with cosmic delight.—
Tarot.com,
Sun Sentinel,
22 Jan. 2026
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Rafiq suspected that the anxiety suffusing the market had made any pickpockets unlikely to be scoping out potential shoppers.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Jan. 2026
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Others were involved in an anticapitalist movement called Reclaim the Streets, or were steeping themselves in countercultural histories.—
Hari Kunzru,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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Coffee extract Like vanilla or almond extract, coffee extract is made by steeping the main ingredient, in this case coffee beans, in an alcohol- or water-based solvent.—
The Washington Post,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 Jan. 2026
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“Leavening.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leavening. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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