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butter

[buht-er] / ˈbʌt ər /


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It will not noticeably change the reading on a bathroom scale, and it would not affect how much peanut butter is required to produce a 16-ounce container.

From Science Daily Sep. 20, 2026

It’s found in a softened honey butter alongside house-made focaccia and sourdough.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 17, 2026

Then the question becomes: What’s the point of retirement savings if you have more when you die than when you started retirement, and meanwhile you’re living on peanut butter and jelly?

From MarketWatch Sep. 15, 2026

So I started playing: pumpkin purée for softness, cold coffee to deepen the cocoa, melted butter, two whole zucchini and a frankly generous amount of chocolate.

From Salon Aug. 31, 2026

It was his ninth birthday, and she’d found enough change to buy him a chocolate–peanut butter cupcake with sprinkles.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova

She writes his speeches, manages his appointments and butters up an important colleague with the gift of a ceramic pig.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 15, 2026

Try making your nut butters from scratch before adding in the chia seeds.

From Salon Mar. 31, 2026

Influencers fill aisles in search of trendy nut butters and overpriced salads.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 10, 2026

Specialty brands of compound and flavored butters are being sold for $20 each and $60 per bundle.

From Salon Aug. 16, 2025

“I can’t figure why you’d want to paint the cabinets, but whatever butters your biscuit.”

From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry

Top them on warm, buttered toast for a hearty breakfast or on pizza for a kick of umami.

From Salon May 1, 2026

Charity Angél Dawson, who has performed in Broadway productions of “Waitress” and “Chicago,” buttered up the crowd between renditions of songs popularized by Ella Fitzgerald and Aretha Franklin.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 30, 2026

Chicken tenders, buttered noodles, the multi-billion dollar industries of American fast food and ultra-processed snack foods have created a category that didn’t necessarily need to exist.

From Salon Apr. 25, 2026

A standard feature is the halo, a clearly defined sphere that sits like a buttered bonnet on the head of the saint.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 13, 2026

But even the teachers got some—the best kebab in Isfahan, with buttered rice and roasted tomatoes.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri

“It felt a little bit like he was buttering us up,” Brockman testified.

From The Wall Street Journal May 16, 2026

Before Musk decided to exit OpenAI, Brockman described his attempts to gain more control over the company, an effort that included "buttering up" Brockman and another co-founder, Ilya Sutskever.

From BBC May 5, 2026

Besides, Colby has long displayed a knack for buttering up his superiors.

From Slate Jul. 8, 2025

He also wasn’t shy about scolding dining companions who committed such sins as buttering their bread or not eating all their vegetables.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 11, 2025

“I looked that rabbit over good, Marty, and you won’t find any buckshot in that thigh,” Dad says, buttering his bread.

From "Shiloh" by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor




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