sorghum

as in corn
something (as a work of literature or music) that is too sentimental a once-popular children's book that today's tots would likely regard as tiresome sorghum

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Recent Examples of sorghum Baijiu is the world’s most popular liquor by volume, most commonly distilled from sorghum, but also from rice, wheat, corn and millet. Claudia Alarcón, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025 If your current diet is low in whole grains, try experimenting with different sources, like quinoa, teff, sorghum, buckwheat, and barley. Jillian Kubala, Health, 21 Apr. 2025 Five years ago, a tractor wove through the site cultivating sorghum, which gave way to 40,000 seedlings. Laura Mallonee, Wired News, 12 Apr. 2025 China’s government retaliated expeditiously, announcing 15-percent duties on American agricultural products like cotton, chicken, corn and wheat, as well as 10-percent tariffs on pork, beef, dairy products, seafood, soybeans and sorghum, all of which will take effect March 10. Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 4 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for sorghum
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Noun
  • Family-friendly activities include arts and crafts, video games, physical movement activities, interactive spray paint murals, corn hole and hop-scotch, all along the South Dock.
    Saleema Syed, Chicago Tribune, 19 May 2025
  • Grandma usually trades in her love and care for some choice chores, including help with shucking fresh corn for creamed corn or buttery sauteed corn.
    Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 17 May 2025
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  • However, trade classification is not the only contributor to trade sludge.
    Steve Banker, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025
  • Pacific Palisades experienced a major intersection submerged in three feet of sludge, and roads near the Eaton Fire burn scar were overtaken by several feet of mud, trees, and vegetation.
    David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Apr. 2025

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