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Recent Examples of vegetarian
Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
Instead, the data indicates that adopting a vegetarian diet may reflect a broader willingness to break from tradition and assert personal independence—perhaps even to seek power or achievement in non-traditional ways.
—Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 May 2025
Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 26 May 2025
Certain groups—like vegetarians, pregnant individuals, and people with gastrointestinal conditions—are at higher risk of a zinc deficiency and may benefit from a zinc-rich diet or supplementation.
—Karen Berger, Verywell Health, 19 May 2025
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Adjective
As a vegetarian option, the eggplant and tofu is a great success.
—Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
Instead, the data indicates that adopting a vegetarian diet may reflect a broader willingness to break from tradition and assert personal independence—perhaps even to seek power or achievement in non-traditional ways.
—Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 May 2025
Noun
Despite a meat-heavy menu, vegetarians will find plenty of choices here.
—Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 26 May 2025
Certain groups—like vegetarians, pregnant individuals, and people with gastrointestinal conditions—are at higher risk of a zinc deficiency and may benefit from a zinc-rich diet or supplementation.
—Karen Berger, Verywell Health, 19 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vegetarian
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Buffalo Versus Bison Buffalo and bison are both large, herbivorous mammals, often confused due to their similar appearances.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
25 May 2025
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The large, herbivorous mammals, which can grow to more than 13 feet long and weigh up to 3,500 pounds, can be deceptively fast in short bursts with a flick of the tail.—
David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
16 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Weekday vegan lunch buffet and all-day vegetarian and vegan options.—
Camila Pedrosa,
Sacbee.com,
6 June 2025
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What’s more, silken tofu also makes an excellent vegan substitute for egg yolks in Caesar dressing, or even sour cream and buttermilk in ranch-style dressings.—
Caroline Tien,
SELF,
30 May 2025
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In terms of animal mortality, this year’s bloom was the worst since 2015-16 outbreak that killed thousands of animals between Alaska and Baja California, said SCCOOS director Clarissa Anderson of UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography.—
Corinne Purtill,
Los Angeles Times,
5 June 2025
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The county’s three existing pet sale retailers can continue selling animals but face new restrictions, including licensing and inspection requirements and new vaccine and health requirements for animals.—
Ryan Ballogg,
The Orlando Sentinel,
5 June 2025
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Unlike most hockey players, Mammuthus was an herbivore.—
Sarah Larson,
New Yorker,
2 June 2025
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An April 2025 study in Frontiers in Biogeography takes another look at these extinct herbivores, which were wiped out by human hunting during the last Ice Age between around 50,000 and 34,000 years ago.—
Sam Walters,
Discover Magazine,
30 Apr. 2025
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“Vegetarian.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vegetarian. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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