ingredient
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Crude oil is a key ingredient in petrol and diesel, meaning higher wholesale costs make filling up a car more expensive.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026
Transforming the compound into a usable ingredient required extensive testing.
From Science Daily • Apr. 13, 2026
It is, in other words, an ingredient with range.
From Salon • Apr. 10, 2026
During a postwar cocoa shortage in the 1940s, an Italian pastry chef named Pietro Ferrero had the genius idea to combine the scarce resource with an ingredient his town had in abundance: hazelnuts.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
“Only the key ingredient in my favorite candy bar,” he answered.
From "The First Rule of Punk" by Celia C. Pérez
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