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from scratch

ADVERB
from the very beginning
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And for good reason: Zimmern, who partnered with Casey’s on a seasonal pie, fell in love with the Midwest business after learning that each location makes its dough from scratch.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

Making a roux from scratch teaches you something.

From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026

Microsoft says it built the model "from scratch" with "no distillation" of rival models -- a common shortcut that involves copying a competitor's outputs to train a new system more cheaply and quickly.

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

This year's WSL newcomers are not your average club - an independent outfit, backed by seemingly unlimited funds from Kang and a desire to grow a women's football team from scratch.

From BBC • May 26, 2026

My industrial organic dinner certainly wasn’t cheap, considering I made it from scratch.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan




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