Example Sentences

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"Instead you got up, you drove your children to school... and drove home. And then you got rid of the dehydrator."

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2025

The 59-year-old father of three and car enthusiast visited the Walmart on Feb. 5 to buy ingredients to make beef jerky, using a dehydrator that he received from one of his sons.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2024

Hang these from a drying rack or speed up the process by using a microwave or food dehydrator.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 13, 2023

The dehydrator is your oyster — though dehydrated oysters might not be ideal.

From Salon • Dec. 6, 2023

It looked as though it had spent a year locked in a food dehydrator.

From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs