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Recent Examples of mucilage
Okra Okra is known for its sticky mucilage, which works as a thickening agent for stews and gumbo.
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Stephanie Brown, Verywell Health, 19 Sep. 2025
But lately, a lot of growers in Latin America and Africa have begun to try out natural process beans, fermenting some of the coffee berry sugars or mucilage.
—Matthew Korfhage, Wired News, 2 Sep. 2025
The digestive process strips the mucilage from the beans and induces fermentation.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
The mucilage in bladderwrack—a gel-like substance—can benefit individuals with gastritis or indigestion by coating irritated mucous membranes along the digestive tract.
—Boutayna Chokrane, WIRED, 6 Dec. 2024
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Stephanie Brown, Verywell Health, 19 Sep. 2025
But lately, a lot of growers in Latin America and Africa have begun to try out natural process beans, fermenting some of the coffee berry sugars or mucilage.
—Matthew Korfhage, Wired News, 2 Sep. 2025
The digestive process strips the mucilage from the beans and induces fermentation.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
The mucilage in bladderwrack—a gel-like substance—can benefit individuals with gastritis or indigestion by coating irritated mucous membranes along the digestive tract.
—Boutayna Chokrane, WIRED, 6 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mucilage
Noun
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Miller also redid the concrete flooring and epoxy in the back.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
16 Jan. 2026
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When cured, traditional epoxy can not be remelted or reshaped.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Another photo shows the two posing in front of a water glass that’s been turned into an impromptu ashtray.—
David Matthews,
Mercury News,
12 Jan. 2026
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Instead, take a loop around your office, or visit the kitchen to refill your water glass.—
Currie Engel,
Health,
4 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Scientists in Switzerland have recently come up with a recyclable epoxy resin that could greatly slash plastic production from aircrafts, cars and wind turbines which until now were almost impossible to reuse.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Jan. 2026
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Van Hassel explained how their cores hardly ever get pressure dings, while the epoxy resin used by Swellcycle is 30% biobased.—
Molly McCrea,
CBS News,
5 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Copy, paste and edit the square brackets in ChatGPT, and keep the same chat window open so the context carries through.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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Place one and 3/4 cup cream, powdered sugar and vanilla bean paste in bowl of a stand mixer.—
Kathryn Gregory,
Louisville Courier Journal,
23 Jan. 2026
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While you might be inclined to take the less humane route to keep mice out—stocking up on traps, glues, essential oils, and other expensive (and often gruesome) killers—there are plenty of natural ways to repel mice worth trying, too.—
Kylie McConville,
The Spruce,
21 Jan. 2026
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Senior guard Ashley Waslo can be considered a glue player for Burlington Central.—
Paul Johnson,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Wet wipes contain alcohol and chemicals that strip natural oils, damage materials like leather, and weaken shoe adhesives.—
Jamie Cuccinelli,
Martha Stewart,
20 Jan. 2026
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Some traps are passive and low-energy (like pitfall and adhesive), while others are active and energy-intensive (snap and suction).—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
20 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Also recovered were two notebooks, superglue, UPS packages and other miscellaneous items, according to the report.—
Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
22 Nov. 2025
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This new research, however, could apply some superglue to our broken theories by suggesting a new identity for little red dots and an entirely new class of cosmic object.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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In those participants, the disease was not associated with any changes in brain size or evidence of damage.—
Melissa Rudy,
FOXNews.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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These include microvalves that sort particles by size inside extremely narrow channels.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Jan. 2026
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“Mucilage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mucilage. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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