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butter

[buht-er] / ˈbʌt ər /


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During the episode, which aired on Tuesday, Danni said they had been unable to taste the cookies because the ingredients included cream and butter and they were vegan.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

When she declared the butter at JFK, the customs agent glanced at her thawing bars and joked about keeping one—then waved her through.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

While some projects involved potentially meaningful research, Navatek’s bread and butter was R&D that went nowhere.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026

Jessie told Lamar that she’d like to eat some butter beans and cornbread later on.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

“Oh, she’s...hey, I only have enough organic peanut butter left for one sandwich. Wanna share?”

From "Liar, Liar" by Gary Paulsen

In the center is the crème de la crème: Maison Bordier, the small artisanal house in Brittany whose butters sell out the fastest.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

WSJ | Buy Side: The Vitamix 5200 makes excellent smoothies, soups, nut butters and more.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 26, 2026

Serve these rolls alongside your favorite salted or flavored butters.

From Salon ● Nov. 26, 2025

This countertop infusion machine automates every step—drying, decarboxylation, and infusion—letting you infuse oils, butters, honeys, and more without the usual guesswork.

From Salon ● Apr. 18, 2025

Mrs. Shainmark takes a scone and passes the plate to Mama, then butters her pastry with the thick cream.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan

Often smeared on hot buttered toast, it tastes like a fishy, peppery paté, befitting the mock Latin name Osborn gave to it, Patum Peperium.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 1, 2026

Chicken tenders, buttered noodles, the multi-billion dollar industries of American fast food and ultra-processed snack foods have created a category that didn’t necessarily need to exist.

From Salon ● Apr. 25, 2026

A standard feature is the halo, a clearly defined sphere that sits like a buttered bonnet on the head of the saint.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2026

When I finally nailed a roast chicken — buttered and oiled, stuffed with lemon wedges and hunks of onion and fennel — I felt like a goddess.

From Salon ● Dec. 20, 2025

Secretly she tucked some buttered rolls in her pockets for later.

From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood

“People are being more differentiated, and employers are being more intentional in terms of how they use those budgets. There’s not a lot of peanut buttering, as there might have been in the past.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

Before Musk decided to exit OpenAI, Brockman described his attempts to gain more control over the company, an effort that included "buttering up" Brockman and another co-founder, Ilya Sutskever.

From BBC ● May 5, 2026

Besides, Colby has long displayed a knack for buttering up his superiors.

From Slate ● Jul. 8, 2025

He also wasn’t shy about scolding dining companions who committed such sins as buttering their bread or not eating all their vegetables.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2025

“And you!” said Mrs. Weasley, but it was with a slightly softened expression that she started cutting Harry bread and buttering it for him.

From "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling




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