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dressing

[dres-ing] / ˈdrɛs ɪŋ /
NOUN
a food mixture
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NOUN
the act of clothing
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NOUN
fertilizer
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It appeared as cooking oil, frying fat, shortening, salad dressing, mayonnaise and an inconspicuous ingredient in packaged foods.

From Salon Sep. 13, 2026

One way that Aritzia creates encounters between style advisers and its shoppers is in the dressing rooms: They generally don’t have mirrors.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 10, 2026

So the Caesar-ish dressing here is intentionally concentrated: cream cheese for body, Kewpie for tang and richness, and a dab of white miso for the salty, fermented funk that anchovy ordinarily brings to Caesar.

From Salon Sep. 8, 2026

He joins a dressing room run by Brendon McCullum, another big personality.

From BBC Sep. 7, 2026

At Snowberger’s the smells of pumpkin pie and com bread dressing upstairs mingled with the etherlike smells from downstairs, where Daddy worked on Myrtis Rogers, getting her ready for a Saturday funeral.

From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles

Medical applications include wound dressings, drug delivery systems, and resorbable implants or sutures that slowly degrade inside the body.

From Science Daily Aug. 17, 2026

He noted that jalapenos were used in only two of its dressings, and nowhere else on the menu.

From MarketWatch Aug. 6, 2026

Add it to everything from salad dressings to strawberries.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 16, 2026

Low-fat and fat-free versions tend to skew either watery or weirdly sweet in that diet-adjacent way; save those for smoothies or dressings, where the yogurt is a supporting actor, not the star.

From Salon Mar. 17, 2026

He sees Ali’s torn dressings on my feet.

From "Without Refuge" by Jane Mitchell




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