soft-boiled

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Recent Examples of soft-boiled The result, according to researchers led by chemist Pellegrino Musto, is that there are now many different cooking methods beyond the simple hard- and soft-boiled options. Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 7 Feb. 2025 When served in certain kitchens at home or restaurant settings, the wheat noodles are often made from scratch, presented in a hearty, flavorful broth, and are often topped with hard- or soft-boiled eggs, corn, bamboo shoots, seaweed, bean sprouts, and protein such as beef, pork, shrimp, or chicken. Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 2 Jan. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for soft-boiled
Adjective
  • The Silent Threat of CO CO is a colorless, odorless, and tasteless gas that happens from the burning of fuels, such as wood, gasoline, coal, natural gas, or kerosene.
    Natalie DiScala, Parents, 16 Apr. 2025
  • For instance, the lethal death cap mushroom contains a toxin that is virtually tasteless.
    Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The notion that morning TV talk-show hosts are a vapid lot is, well, not exactly a damning critique, but like so much of Don’t Look Up, it’s held up as a scathing, startling takedown, and Blanchett plays it with the same level of obviousness.
    Tim Grierson, Vulture, 15 Mar. 2025
  • At a time when electronic music is wracked by nostalgia and vapid genre collisions, the most addictive 2020s phonk offers the thrilling promise of a wild new style.
    Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 26 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • When Rudd, 55, appeared on Fallon's late night show to promote his new A24 movie Death of a Unicorn on Thursday, March 27, Fallon, 50, noted that Rudd has performed in just about every genre of film, television and theater one could imagine — except for the soapiest of soap operas.
    Tommy McArdle, People.com, 28 Mar. 2025
  • There is just cause for the soapier parts: Manet was married, and Morisot wed his brother.
    Julie Belcove, Robb Report, 23 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • Bored of an increasingly insipid Premier League season?
    Nick Miller, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
  • The framing, blocking, and overall visual grammar have a condescending air, as if directors have surrendered to some insipid idea of who their audience is.
    Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 14 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Measles first infects the respiratory tract, then spreads throughout the body, causing a high fever, runny nose, cough, red, watery eyes and a rash.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 26 Apr. 2025
  • Measles symptoms typically appear seven to 14 days after contact with the virus and commonly include high fever, cough, runny nose, and watery eyes, according to the CDC.
    Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 24 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Making this change will save you money, save your clothes from being sudsy and irritating your skin, and save your washing machine the extra trouble of rinsing unnecessary bubbles!
    Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott, Southern Living, 22 Mar. 2025
  • The rig features a full wet bath with a recirculating shower system that reuses 70% of your sudsy bubble-water after filtering and purifying it.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 20 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • In fact, soundtracking heartbreak and angst became Mayday Parade’s specialty with their extremely quotable, melodramatic lyrics.
    Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 18 Apr. 2025
  • The show swings, with melodramatic ease, between success and failure.
    Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 16 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Chief executives like Amazon’s Andy Jassy and Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg have championed flatter organizational structures in an effort to reduce bureaucracy and spark innovation.
    Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 21 Apr. 2025
  • Even though homeowners’ solar panels helped keep demand for electricity flat for 20 years, the three utilities’ spending on transmission and distribution infrastructure had risen by 300%, McCann found.
    Melody Petersen, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2025

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“Soft-boiled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/soft-boiled. Accessed 2 May. 2025.

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