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fritter

[frit-er] / ˈfrɪt ər /


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One of them had worked in the restaurant for more than a decade, and was the second person ever to make Kuchinsky’s conch chowder and fritter batter for customers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026

For now, however, many young workers should still be able to find positions so they can afford to fritter away their youth, as is tradition.

From Barron's ● May 29, 2026

Restaurant-delivery apps have become “an easy, and lazy, way to fritter your money away instead of investing,” Valega said.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 6, 2026

He called the party a “mess” and wondered how its leaders might fritter away the momentum.

From Salon ● Nov. 6, 2025

Scott popped a corn fritter into his mouth.

From "George" by Alex Gino

Go for the carimañolas, crisp yuca fritters stuffed with meat.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026

Our tablemates had purchased a litany of fried options, including scotch eggs from the Quail Inn, which also serves bacon-wrapped jalapeño peppers, cheese fritters and “whole, partially deboned quail.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2026

Faced with a chilly house, some users might then dial up the power on their heat pump - but if you do that, much of the efficiency advantage fritters away, he says.

From BBC ● Mar. 22, 2026

Cassava fritters, cassava fries, cassava cakes … cassava's possibilities are nearly endless.

From Salon ● May 6, 2024

The smell of frying prawns came from the food cart selling freshly made fritters on the beach.

From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook

Some lines may be familiar: “The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation”; “Our life is frittered away by detail ... simplify, simplify!”

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 30, 2026

England frittered away wickets and shipped easy runs on Saturday.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2024

Giddy with the view across central Oregon and suddenly reconnected to cell service, I frittered away my smartphone battery during a solo climb on Mount Jefferson in October 2019.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 30, 2023

With shouts of “Go, Coco!” and “Allez, Coco!” emanating from the Court Philippe Chatrier stands, Gauff frittered away two break points as Swiatek served at 1-all.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 7, 2023

I’d frittered away the better part of a week and now that dream of a mountain had just crumbled to dust.

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney

Fisher and Day can’t even secure jobs, stuck literally and metaphorically frittering away their youth in the back seat.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026

“It’s not that we don’t have the money. It’s that we don’t like frittering it away.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026

All he’s doing with this feral pawing for a message is frittering that away.

From Slate ● Aug. 3, 2024

And when you look at how the Ravens have played this year — frittering away a 21-point lead against the Dolphins and a 20-3 advantage against the Bills — and you’ll understand why they’re 2-2.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 2, 2022

It is impossible even to get a machine to run without wasting energy, frittering some of its power into the universe as heat.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife




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