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savory

[say-vuh-ree] / ˈseɪ və ri /


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Stuffing is rich, savory and beige-adjacent by nature; lemon zest and a fistful of fresh green herbs wake the whole thing up.

From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026

If you can imagine it folded into a strata, gratin or savory bread pudding, chances are it has a home here, too.

From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026

If this is going to be dinner rather than a side dish, I like something savory and substantial tucked throughout.

From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026

Mr. Turturro brings a savory humor and pathos to the scene, while Mr. Giamatti’s preening lecturing has a contrasting comic officiousness.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

There was no savory to be found, and the apples were small and knobbly.

From "Fever 1793" by Laurie Halse Anderson

She’s interested in adding regular savories such as pasties and sausage rolls, and maybe bringing new treats such as trifles or Eton Messes to her roster.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 13, 2024

It's so versatile and good for both savories and sweets: baklava, spinach pie, or even as a creative swap for pie dough!

From Salon ● Dec. 22, 2021

The two collaborated on the savories, which for the most part are embellished comfort food; breads and desserts are the handiwork of Yard.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 15, 2014

It is easily consumed in small pieces, like a tray of sweets and savories.

From The New Yorker ● Aug. 29, 2014

All around the cafeteria, children were stuffing themselves with their usual favorites—greasy foods, savories, and sweet treats—and guzzling chocolate milk and soft drinks.

From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart

Her savoriest late role was as Barbra Streisand’s haughty mother in the 1996 The Mirror Has Two Faces.

From Time ● Aug. 15, 2014

In 400 pages he has arranged the savoriest moments of the last 100 years in a bill-of-fare to suit the taste of journalistic historians, history-minded journalists and plain readers.

From Time Magazine Archive

All this time sit I, like Tantalus, with the savoriest of Domingo’s “beefysteaks” before me and am not allowed to taste it. 

From Behind the Bungalow by Edward Hamilton Aitken




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