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As at Bar Part Time, which Dolezal owns with Jeremy Castillo and Dan Small, the wine selection will be zero-zero — the most stringent category of natural wine, in which nothing (not even the preservative sulfur dioxide) is added or removed during the winemaking process.
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Senior Wine Critic,
San Francisco Chronicle,
20 Feb. 2026
Over half were additives typically added to ultraprocessed foods; the rest were more natural options, such as the use of lemon juice as a preservative or beet juice for color.
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Sandee Lamotte,
CNN Money,
11 Feb. 2026
What’s not in it is the alphabet soup of preservative enhancements that the health-minded crowd tries to avoid.
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Donna Vickroy,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Jan. 2026
Summer temperatures in Andalusia routinely exceeded one hundred degrees, and though the underbudgeted archive lacked air conditioning, the dryness of the air in Seville had a preservative effect.
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Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
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Senior Wine Critic,
San Francisco Chronicle,
20 Feb. 2026
Over half were additives typically added to ultraprocessed foods; the rest were more natural options, such as the use of lemon juice as a preservative or beet juice for color.
—
Sandee Lamotte,
CNN Money,
11 Feb. 2026
What’s not in it is the alphabet soup of preservative enhancements that the health-minded crowd tries to avoid.
—
Donna Vickroy,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Jan. 2026
Summer temperatures in Andalusia routinely exceeded one hundred degrees, and though the underbudgeted archive lacked air conditioning, the dryness of the air in Seville had a preservative effect.
—
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for preservative
protective
Adjective
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Repeatedly, agents had to admit that no crime scene tape was laid out, and no other protective measures were taken until after the Palisades fire burned over the Lachman scene.
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Decisions about protective security are made by the Home Office, not the monarch.
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“Preservative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/preservative. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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