vegan

noun

Definition of vegannext
as in vegetarian

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Recent Examples of vegan The technical is to make a vegan chocolate sponge cake and ganache with frosting that seems like it is made out of the leftover slime from a kindergartner’s slumber party. — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2026 The cooling gel mask contains QMS’s proprietary NEOTEC S100 complex, which features micromolecular vegan collagen. — Iman Balagam, Vogue, 6 Nov. 2026 These Chocolate Chip Cookies With Olive Oil and Sea Salt are accidentally vegan. — Shilpa Uskokovic, Bon Appetit Magazine, 6 Nov. 2026 The vegan, cruelty-free brand sells a range of hydrating and nourishing balms, creams and serums, and is slowly expanding its product offerings. — Arushi Jacob, Footwear News, 3 Nov. 2026 See All Example Sentences for vegan
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  1. vegetarian
  2. animal
  3. herbivore
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  • Cut this festive galette into little squares for a hearty appetizer, or serve sizeable wedges as a vegetarian main or standout side.
    — Emma Laperruque, Bon Appetit Magazine, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Nihon University German film professor Shibuya Tetsuya, who gave an introductory lecture on German cinema, noted that the film even features a vegetarian vampire.
    — Lin Ying-Hsuan, Variety, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of vegetarian
Noun
  • Officials said a child may have come into contact with that animal.
    — Daniel Hunt, Sacbee.com, 3 Nov. 2026
  • Under the cover of night, Orwell’s pigs paint new words onto the side of the barn where the rules governing all the animals are listed.
    — Chris John Amorosino, Hartford Courant, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of animal
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  • Mastodons were massive, elephant-like herbivores that went extinct roughly 11,700 years ago, near the end of the last Ice Age.
    — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 19 Sep. 2026
  • The same process occurs in the radish’s spicier cousins, and the resulting chemicals are thought to help deter herbivores and pests.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 Aug. 2026
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“Vegan.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vegan. Accessed 9 Nov. 2026.

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