color
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Preservatives are added to foods for several reasons, including preventing the growth of bacteria and mold, slowing spoilage, and helping products maintain their color, flavor, or freshness for longer.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
After Branch Rickey signed Jackie Robinson to break the color barrier, he dispatched Robinson to the Dodgers’ triple-A team in Montreal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
Getting the color and appearance right for the icing on cupcakes alone required a nearly thirtyfold increase in natural ingredients.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026
Tor runs a color museum outside of Oaxaca City, Mexico, that has become a worldwide sensation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
Clare looked down at the tail clutched to his chest: It was a shimmering gray, nearly purple, like the color of the sky when it snowed.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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“We hope this industry continues to reinvent itself,” they write, “but with better-quality ingredients, less sugar, no artificial colors or flavors, and more organic ingredients in cereals priced so everyone can afford them.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
Scientists cannot yet determine the exact colors that produced the pattern.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026
One of its brightest colors is fuschia, a hue that Ruiz says Rosales has been obsessed with lately.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
It is available in two colors, "star white" and "night sky."
From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026
The colors of the two strands of hair really were nearly identical.
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
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During his decades-long career, Max created brightly colored graphic images and was credited with capturing the essence of the 1960s "summer of love" and psychedelia.
From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026
She also noted that as the diamond sector softens, shoppers have become more interested in colored gems.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
If it did, the attempt to recreate the first film’s magic would’ve come with plenty of film stock and some colored gels to make sure every shot isn’t washed out in jaundiced yellow.
From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026
Give the book points, though, for including Ms. Korsgaard’s brilliantly colored illustrations of the butterflies she encountered.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
A visitor sees twisting streets, tidy clapboard houses with colored roofs, shops for tourists and locals, and people dressed in boots, parkas, scarves, and woolen hats pulled over their ears.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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Food and Drug Administration, which asked companies to more quickly remove red dye No. 3 — a similar synthetic food coloring.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
The grounds crew let the grass grow out more than usual to start to get the coloring to fade, an employee said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
Helen Guedez and her brother have chosen to disregard the ominous letter coloring the wall of the building that previously housed their dad, sister and grandmother.
From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026
Their vivid blue coloring is a result of the microscopic scales on the backs of their wings, which reflect light.
From BBC ● May 8, 2026
“There’s no ‘they’ calling it anything,” I corrected, a little peevishness coloring the edges of my voice now, too.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
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Physics - Introductory
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