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the means or procedure for doing something
her recipe for attaining financial security is to save money, invest wisely, and live well within her means
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Upon arrival, participants settle in with some wine and cheese before class begins — arrive early or linger longer to enjoy their shop too, featuring ample kitchen supplies for recreating your recipe at home (10% discount for class registrants).
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Nicole Schnitzler, Chicago Tribune, 7 Apr. 2026
Referring to himself with words like spy, detective, gumshoe, Wilbur pulls all kinds of sleuth-like maneuvers to find out ingredients and amounts used in the recipes.
—Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 7 Apr. 2026
Join MyRecipes—your personal home for recipes—to easily save and organize your favorites, plus thousands more, in one convenient place.
—Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 7 Apr. 2026
This recipe relies on a cheesy boost of flavor with a generous amount of grated Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese folded into the meatballs and a hunk of the cheese rind added to the broth for more umami depth.
—Lynda Balslev, Mercury News, 7 Apr. 2026
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Nicole Schnitzler, Chicago Tribune, 7 Apr. 2026
Referring to himself with words like spy, detective, gumshoe, Wilbur pulls all kinds of sleuth-like maneuvers to find out ingredients and amounts used in the recipes.
—Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 7 Apr. 2026
Join MyRecipes—your personal home for recipes—to easily save and organize your favorites, plus thousands more, in one convenient place.
—Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 7 Apr. 2026
This recipe relies on a cheesy boost of flavor with a generous amount of grated Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese folded into the meatballs and a hunk of the cheese rind added to the broth for more umami depth.
—Lynda Balslev, Mercury News, 7 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for recipe
Noun
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Choose slow, steady methods and stick with what already works to defend your long-term strength.—
Tarot.com,
Baltimore Sun,
6 Apr. 2026
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Fundamentally, one analyst said, a Factbook assembled by a government agency with secret agendas and shadowy methods might never have been unbiased in the first place.—
Laurie Kellman,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Apr. 2026
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But, by the same token, the virtues of the traditional approach, which once hardly needed to be articulated, now stand in greater relief.—
Joshua Rothman,
New Yorker,
3 Apr. 2026
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In March, China passed a law that experts say cements its assimilationist approach towards its ethnic minority groups, building on years of policy changes at the provincial level in Xinjiang and elsewhere.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
3 Apr. 2026
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A lot of the Mustangs’ strategy against the Wolverines was to get the ball out wide and then double that kid and just try to frustrate Wakeland which Grapevine did time and time again.—
Darren Lauber,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
4 Apr. 2026
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Leo, who studied canon law, has spent much of his first eleven months in office assessing the Vatican internally, like a new chief executive getting to know a firm’s culture before initiating strategies for optimal performance.—
Paul Elie,
New Yorker,
4 Apr. 2026
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The methodology alone deserves an award.—
Trisha Pasricha,
Washington Post,
6 Apr. 2026
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Participating candidates must have at least 3% support among likely primary voters in two state polls or an average of 3% across two polls that meet CNN’s methodology standards.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Apr. 2026
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Mascherano talked of formations and technique before ultimately saying his team might’ve been too caught up in the event in the first half.—
Dave Hyde,
Sun Sentinel,
5 Apr. 2026
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Some of it is obviously your overall weight room physical strength, and some of it is just technique.—
Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
4 Apr. 2026
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UFOs, the term for unidentified flying objects, has in recent years given way to UAP — unidentified aerial phenomena or unidentified anomalous phenomena.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
4 Apr. 2026
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Police then forced their way through the glass sliding door at the back of the Coral Springs house.—
Amanda Rosa,
Miami Herald,
4 Apr. 2026
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“Recipe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recipe. Accessed 10 Apr. 2026.
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