as in cheese
that which is of low quality or worth
it's shocking that an esteemed newspaper like this one would publish such tripe
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Recent Examples of tripe
Without them, we’re left with tripe, something unrelatable and unattainable, worst of all: untrue.
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Brendan O’Meara 23, Literary Hub, 23 June 2025
Tucci is evidently game for an unusual meal, having eaten tripe, lard and salad served in a vase in Season 1.
—Peter White, Deadline, 16 June 2025
But Da Silvano began serving Milanese tripe and Tuscan pastas to a tonier, globe-trotting, art-dealing clientele.
—New York Times, 7 May 2025
Juanita’s Foods is the nation’s top seller of canned menudo — a traditional Mexican soup made from cow tripe — boasting more than 95% market share.
—Malia Mendez, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2025
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Brendan O’Meara 23, Literary Hub, 23 June 2025
Tucci is evidently game for an unusual meal, having eaten tripe, lard and salad served in a vase in Season 1.
—Peter White, Deadline, 16 June 2025
But Da Silvano began serving Milanese tripe and Tuscan pastas to a tonier, globe-trotting, art-dealing clientele.
—New York Times, 7 May 2025
Juanita’s Foods is the nation’s top seller of canned menudo — a traditional Mexican soup made from cow tripe — boasting more than 95% market share.
—Malia Mendez, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tripe
Noun
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For this meal plan, cheese is featured in the omelet at breakfast, in the salad for lunch and paired with grapes for snack.—
Madeline Holcombe,
CNN Money,
9 Feb. 2026
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Just download the app and join My Rewards to get the free burger — topped with egg, bacon, cheese, Hash Rounds and ketchup — at participating locations (no purchase necessary).—
Mike Snider,
AZCentral.com,
9 Feb. 2026
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Other ideas include thrift store shopping, country line dancing, roller skating, karaoke, junk journaling, and getting manicures and pedicures.—
Alicia Rancilio,
Fortune,
9 Feb. 2026
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In uncertain markets, some investors like junk silver because the coins are widely trusted, easy to authenticate and often easy to sell in small increments.—
Angelica Leicht,
CBS News,
9 Feb. 2026
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Piles of human scraps offer a bottomless buffet to wildlife, and to access that bounty, animals need to be bold enough to rummage through human rubbish but not so bold as to become a threat to people.—
Marina Wang,
Scientific American,
14 Nov. 2025
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Helga once wrestled down a drunk fisherman in the Café, a man of above-average size, and then threw him out like a piece of rubbish; Jens thus transfers most of his weight automatically to her; who is this kid, by the way?—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Nov. 2025
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“Tripe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tripe. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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