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porridge

[pawr-ij, por-] / ˈpɔr ɪdʒ, ˈpɒr- /


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"The recent hiring trend has settled into that not-too-hot, not-too-cold Goldilocks porridge zone of roughly 40,000 to 60,000 jobs a month," wrote Stephen Innes at SPI Asset Management.

From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026

Gina, from Zuthphen, started eating a kind of porridge using rolled oats in her student days because it was a cheap meal.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

Mygal makes her a bowl of semolina porridge.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

The surge in porridge popularity could be fuelled by the success of the highly acclaimed documentary film The Golden Spurtle, which followed competitors at the 2023 championships.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

Babies were weaned at an earlier age—they could be fed on porridge and gruel.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari

As well as more obviously unhealthy foods, the ban will also cover some breakfast cereals and porridges, sweetened bread products, and main meals and sandwiches.

From BBC ● Jan. 4, 2026

Hygiene products like wet wipes, gels, soaps, toothpastes and porridges are also flying off the shelves in Poland, according to drugstore chain Rossmann.

From Reuters ● Mar. 16, 2022

Historically, whatever was ripe and ready was hailed in many forms: in soups and stews such as afang soup, and in porridges such as asaro and ubek, to name just a few.

From New York Times ● Nov. 8, 2021

Because polenta and grits are both cornmeal porridges, it seemed a fun and tasty way to take the Italian-Southern food connection a bit further.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 5, 2019

Mama was always cooking up nourishing broths and porridges for forgotten old men and pale young mothers—on days, that is, when she herself was strong enough to stand at the stove.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom




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