ingredient

Example Sentences

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The cost of crude oil, a vital ingredient in gas and diesel, has surged as a result.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

A key ingredient to the Algorithm, McNeill told me, is the sense of urgency that it injects into everyday work.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

This makes it important to carefully review labels and understand how much of each ingredient is being consumed.

From Science Daily • Mar. 27, 2026

It’s the kind of ingredient that makes the whole dairy-free thing feel less like a workaround and more like an upgrade.

From Salon • Mar. 25, 2026

Produced by boiling juice extracted from sugarcane, it has long been used in making rum, as a major ingredient in making explosives, and as a sweetener.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler