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papaya

[puh-pah-yuh] / pəˈpɑ yə /


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U.S. and Cook Islands government news releases showed him in a suit picking at pieces of pineapple and papaya as he sat opposite a group of diplomats in Hawaiian-style shirts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 27, 2025

His cooks minced the meat with papaya, saffron and spices and made it so fine and silky that it needed no chewing.

From BBC • Dec. 19, 2025

Asked about the prospect of McLaren deciding to abandon their "papaya rules" system of supporting both drivers equally and instead choosing to back one, he was against that decision.

From Barron's • Oct. 19, 2025

Remove those notes, he concluded, and your papaya, cheese or chocolate will "taste much less yummy."

From Salon • May 31, 2025

Nanasi is a pineapple, and nanasi mputu means “poor man’s pineapple”: a papaya.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver




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