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Recent Examples of lemon Leonora said something about the lemon meringue pie which had been so delicious. Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2025 The dish is finished with a buttery lemon and caper sauce. Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Sep. 2025 In a small bowl, whisk together lemon juice, maple syrup, salt and pepper. Cathy Thomas, Oc Register, 15 Sep. 2025 The Alchemy was an amazing presentation of a martini glass filled with a citrus vodka blend, berry juices, curacao and oolong with a lemon twist. Julie Jordan, PEOPLE, 14 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for lemon
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lemon
Noun
  • Bureau staff were told the group itself, already gutted as part of mass layoffs at the State Department in July, would refocus on migration diplomacy and disaster response rather than its traditional refugee focus.
    Ted Hesson, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
  • That question frames an episode that opens not with battle, but with the kind of stillness that comes before disaster.
    JP Mangalindan, Time, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Wilson argued the Charlotte attack resulted from several failures, from lax ticket enforcement to reliance on private security, rather than policies from Cooper’s tenure.
    Samantha-Jo Roth, The Washington Examiner, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Now, as a photojournalist working with the Kansas City Defender and as the creator of the upcoming podcast Fountain City Files, Harrison focuses on stories involving missing Black women, systemic failures in law enforcement and community neglect.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • But to say — as some Panthers fans are doing these days — that he should immediately be traded or is a complete draft bust is an over-exaggeration.
    Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 16 Sep. 2025
  • In the cover image of the carousel, Sweeney posed solo on a rock formation set in the middle of a body of water while wearing a cleavage-baring one-piece black swimsuit with a zipper detail at her bust and black shades.
    Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Biden and, by extension, Harris will be remembered even and perhaps especially by Democrats as symbolizing disappointment and defeat.
    W. James Antle III, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Added to this was a disillusioning disappointment with the mechanisms of the art world.
    Caterina De Biasio, Vogue, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Return these mums outdoors in the spring once the threat of frost has passed and temperatures warm.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The rising sun turned the snow a delicate pink, and beads of frost glittered like diamonds on the trees.
    Jack Atcheson Sr. as told to Michael Hanback, Outdoor Life, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The houseguests then voted between the two comp losers, and when Julie announced the results, Will was evicted by a vote of 3-2 and became the season’s second jury member.
    Nick Caruso, TVLine, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Instead of scrolling Twitter, read something about a cranky, divorced loser, like The Invisibility Cloak by Ge Fei, and translated by Canaan Morse.
    James Folta, Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Afterward, Mitchell became the editor of Nuclear Times, the disarmament magazine, despite having no nuclear background other than some extravagant atomic-bomb drills in junior high in the fifties.
    Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Drills started with a massive bang when several Russian fighter jets came streaking in at a low level, dropping bombs on mock targets.
    Frederik Pleitgen, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2025

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“Lemon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lemon. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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