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plum

noun as in reward, prize

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We worked hard as a family picking eastern Washington crops: cherries, apples, plums, grapes.

There’s a pecorino plum crumble, for instance, and a gouda apple galette, combinations that sound mischievous until you taste how naturally they click.

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The research team measured the amount of ethanol, or pure alcohol, in fruits such as figs and plums eaten in large quantities by wild chimps in Côte d'Ivoire and Uganda.

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But it is due to one of his former connections that he has now lost this plum diplomatic role.

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United, who have no European competition for the first time in 11 seasons, were the final club drawn - and delivered a plum tie for David Artell's side.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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