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
An example of how lots of pattern and color can be elegant and effortlessly wearable.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 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
For a cleaner look, Kaelen Haworth, the owner of a luxury-clothing store in Toronto, likes choosing flowers in a single color or type, not an assortment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
I don’t think I like pink, even though Dad always told me it was my favorite color.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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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
They have some of the coolest colors and silhouettes and they come to life through animation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
It is available in two colors, "star white" and "night sky."
From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026
There were dates stamped in different colors and fonts, but one specific name leapt out at him.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
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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
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
Blazo’s research shows that when sibling dynamics are colored by hostility and toxic comparisons, younger siblings experience “differentiation.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
It was colored in shades of pink and orange and purple, like a sunset.
From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown
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She believes the coloring helps them camouflage among she-oak flowers, with which they are closely associated.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026
“I asked her: ‘Do you think your past is coloring our therapy?’” she says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
Jobs, goods and services have all but disappeared, with uncertainty coloring the future.
From Barron's ● Jul. 11, 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
At the hospital the doctors were equally alarmed until a few tests confirmed that I had consumed so many icy pops that the food coloring was going straight through.
From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers
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Physics - Introductory
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Physics - Middle School
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