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Recent Examples of vegetarian
Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 May 2026
To turn it into a vegetarian entree, serve it over spinach or other salad greens.
—Hannah Agran, Midwest Living, 28 Apr. 2026
Sacbee.com, 6 May 2026
Every new plan — low-fat, vegetarian, keto, intermittent fasting — worked at first.
—Terry Ward, CNN Money, 4 May 2026
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Adjective
Eggs are one of the most affordable and easiest to cook sources of vegetarian protein.
—Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 May 2026
To turn it into a vegetarian entree, serve it over spinach or other salad greens.
—Hannah Agran, Midwest Living, 28 Apr. 2026
Noun
Yes, both vegetarian and vegan dishes available.
—Sacbee.com, 6 May 2026
Every new plan — low-fat, vegetarian, keto, intermittent fasting — worked at first.
—Terry Ward, CNN Money, 4 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vegetarian
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Purple sea urchins, herbivorous invertebrates, eat mostly kelp, and their usual predators, sunflower sea stars, have been decimated by sea star wasting disease.—
Kate Bradshaw,
Mercury News,
20 Apr. 2026
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Many grasses evolved to be partly dispersed by herbivorous mammals, the seeds passing through guts with the bulky leafy tissue.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
25 Mar. 2026
Noun
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To put it nicely, James is high horse moral blowhard on a lot of things, and one is being vegan.—
Carolyn Hax,
Washington Post,
20 May 2026
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Stella McCartney, which has been vegan from its 2001 founding and also committed to going plastic-free in 2018, has partnered with fast-fashion retailer H&M and Adidas, both of which are rated fairly low by Good on You.—
Scottie Andrew,
CNN Money,
20 May 2026
Noun
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Every sort of animal and flower was represented.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 May 2026
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And the answer is the animal reservoir hosts.—
Dana Taylor,
USA Today,
20 May 2026
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This included smaller herbivores like iguanodontians and early ceratopsians, formidable predators such as spinosaurids and carcharodontosaurians, and pterosaurs soaring above the waterways.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
14 May 2026
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Voles, which are herbivores, construct surface or underground runways in areas of heavy ground cover.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
6 May 2026
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“Vegetarian.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vegetarian. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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