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java

[jah-vuh, jav-uh] / ˈdʒɑ və, ˈdʒæv ə /


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From high-end experimental boutique cafes to the humble sidewalk cart, millions of cups of java are sold every day.

From Barron's • Oct. 18, 2025

He sits down with individuals, groups and families who enlist him for unfiltered talks about racial bias and belonging, using hot java and his own Black experience to break the ice.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 11, 2023

But the latest research, published last year in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, confirms what most of us java heads have been waiting to hear: Coffee may actually save you from an early death.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 11, 2023

Some of the resin compounds, including some specific to guayule, thwarted roaches even more than the java oil—“which we thought was pretty exciting,” she says.

From Scientific American • Oct. 14, 2022

So he did an end-around on the unfortunate taste by drowning his java in cream, for which Katherine gently teased him that afternoon.

From "An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green




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