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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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Recent Examples of recipes
Save your favorite Better Homes & Gardens recipes in one place using MyRecipes.
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Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Sep. 2025
Grandma is an expert in kid-friendly recipes, including this ground beef casserole.
—Phoebe Evans, Southern Living, 6 Sep. 2025
For seasoned cooks and kitchen novices, cookbook author and nutritionist Robin Miller takes it back to basics with great, family-friendly recipes worth making over and over again.
—Robin Miller, AZCentral.com, 5 Sep. 2025
The Crafted Flatzz are available in five different artisanal recipes, according to Pizza Hut, including a Three Cheese Flatzz that is layered with sweet marinara sauce, mozzarella, parmesan, Romano and a hint of oregano.
—Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 5 Sep. 2025
With more than 115 colorful recipes, the goal is to help readers fall in love with good eating.
—Lorena Meouchi, Vogue, 30 Aug. 2025
Singh leans on her grandmother’s recipes, cooking with clay pots and charcoal smoke, while sourcing produce from Georgian farms.
—Lauren Mowery, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Our most popular recipes of the month showed just that—essentially making a menu of host-worthy meals.
—Nina Moskowitz, Bon Appetit Magazine, 29 Aug. 2025
The album ties together their passions for food and funk, even including a cookbook insert with family recipes alongside the vinyl.
—Dave Brooks, Billboard, 28 Aug. 2025
Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Sep. 2025
Grandma is an expert in kid-friendly recipes, including this ground beef casserole.
—Phoebe Evans, Southern Living, 6 Sep. 2025
For seasoned cooks and kitchen novices, cookbook author and nutritionist Robin Miller takes it back to basics with great, family-friendly recipes worth making over and over again.
—Robin Miller, AZCentral.com, 5 Sep. 2025
The Crafted Flatzz are available in five different artisanal recipes, according to Pizza Hut, including a Three Cheese Flatzz that is layered with sweet marinara sauce, mozzarella, parmesan, Romano and a hint of oregano.
—Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 5 Sep. 2025
With more than 115 colorful recipes, the goal is to help readers fall in love with good eating.
—Lorena Meouchi, Vogue, 30 Aug. 2025
Singh leans on her grandmother’s recipes, cooking with clay pots and charcoal smoke, while sourcing produce from Georgian farms.
—Lauren Mowery, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Our most popular recipes of the month showed just that—essentially making a menu of host-worthy meals.
—Nina Moskowitz, Bon Appetit Magazine, 29 Aug. 2025
The album ties together their passions for food and funk, even including a cookbook insert with family recipes alongside the vinyl.
—Dave Brooks, Billboard, 28 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for recipes
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Among other roles, there are plenty of incredible data engineers, data scientists and data analysts who use advanced research methods to provide genuine insight into their club’s chances of success.—
Mark Carey,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
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The film follows a recovering addict in an isolated Serbian monastery whose Orthodox patriarch employs unorthodox methods that are often more extreme than effective at getting results.—
Christopher Vourlias,
Variety,
5 Sep. 2025
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Fall in Michigan means less and less daylight as the season goes on and for many that signals the start of seasonal mental health struggles, though coping strategies can help, experts say.—
Jenna Prestininzi,
Freep.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Companies responded by jettisoning a few mean executives, changing their internal communications strategies, and retraining bosses to be nicer.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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The in-house caliber 113, a hand-wound movement with a 10-day power reserve, also drives a patented nonlinear power reserve indicator that appears to slow down as the time to wind approaches.—
Carol Besler,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Neither of those approaches speaks to a massively competitive tour.—
Charlie Eccleshare,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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Each phase requires different interception techniques because of its distinct challenges to missile defenses.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Sep. 2025
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The menu blends comfort dishes with British ingredients and refined techniques.—
Lauren Mowery,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Billions in financing remain trapped behind blunt methodologies.—
Robert Ginsburg,
Forbes.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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Crypto projects and communities can organically adopt measures such as establishing capital reserves, implementing proactive risk modeling, and standardizing stress-testing methodologies.—
Mark R. Weaver,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Aug. 2025
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One of the charming aspects of following foreign football is realising that certain concepts are expressed in different ways to how it’s done in your own country.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
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Naperville has also been testing ways to keep food out of landfills, drawing inspiration from an already existing plan with waste and recycling contractor Groot Industries.—
Carolyn Stein,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Sep. 2025
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