loaves

plural of loaf, British slang

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Noun
  • While the oven preheats, boil some water in a large pot and cook lasagna noodles according to package directions.
    Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Pesto pasta features tender noodles in a satiny basil pesto sauce.
    Robin Miller, AZCentral.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • There were masks and body suits made of female skin, along with human skulls for soup bowls and other disturbing oddities.
    Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 4 Oct. 2025
  • In recent years, objects looted from Benin City by British soldiers in 1897 — commonly known as Benin Bronzes — have been returned to Nigeria, Asante artifacts have been returned to Ghana, and France has sent colonial-era skulls back to Madagascar.
    Alexis Akwagyiram, semafor.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • There are good reasons for wanting to learn from Switzerland’s experience.
    Peter Vanham, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Layoffs can occur for many reasons; while they can be viewed as a signal about how companies view economic headwinds, the reasons may also be more localized to individual companies amid restructuring or plans to maximize profits.
    Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The festival also falls during the seventh anniversary of the assassination of Washington Post columnist and Saudi dissident Jamal Khashoggi, which a US intelligence report says happened at the behest of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
    Liam Reilly, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2025
  • The office of the director of national intelligence is expected to make an announcement on the Havana Syndrome investigation soon, two sources told the Herald.
    Nora Gamez Torres, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The folks in charge think Gabriel’s brains, accuracy and ability to process under fire give him a chance to overcome his 5-foot-11 stature.
    Zac Jackson, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
  • One paper, published Tuesday by startup Pathway, makes some big claims about a new kind of transformer model that the authors say more closely mimics the way human brains actually work.
    Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 1 Oct. 2025
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“Loaves.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/loaves. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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