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decant

[dih-kant] / dɪˈkænt /
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When you get home, you decant the spring rolls, curry, rice and noodles onto real plates, turn the lights down low, light a few candles and put on music you actually want to listen to.

From Salon ● Feb. 10, 2026

"We were so close again behind him, very tough to put the lap together with the wind. But managed to put a decant lap on the final run and happy with that."

From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2025

I brew it in huge batches and decant it into a glass jug that looks vaguely like a science experiment.

From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2025

Some terrific directorial touches linger, such as when three characters decant olive oil in sync, the golden lighting and jazzy instrumentals heightening the sense that the trio has achieved a state of flow.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 8, 2023

Miss Recompense was about to decant some of her preparations.

From A Little Girl in Old Boston by Amanda Minnie Douglas

Less than a week after my half-hour text conversation with Dorn, a small package arrives at my door with decants of her eight selections.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2025

Klein’s husband decants the mixed nuts, and her 2-year-old daughter likes to put her snacks in the bins when they get home from the grocery store.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 14, 2023

Williams, the author of the story collection “A Selfie as Big as the Ritz,” decants her first novel into flights, like wine.

From New York Times ● Jul. 9, 2019

A vast coach park at the site decants tourists who will often also take in Bath and Windsor on a day trip from London.

From The Guardian ● Feb. 8, 2019

Her private opinion of her husband she makes into a short story—forgets its origin and shows it him with pride—while the husband decants his heart-beats into occasional verse and minor poetry.

From Certain Personal Matters by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

The plants were decanted to temporary homes, and then carefully moved back into the renovated space.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

These once held olive oil imported from Spain, North Africa and the Middle East and were discarded here after the oil was decanted at a nearby port.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2025

If you're not serving the coffee immediately, César adds, it should be decanted from the French press and put in another vessel.

From Salon ● Apr. 1, 2023

Even for family meals in the kitchen, a bottle of milk or maple syrup would be decanted into a pitcher, a habit that I carry forward, with wine the singular exception.

From New York Times ● May 2, 2022

While everyone watched, Kilvin donned a thick leather glove and decanted about an ounce of dark liquid from the metal canister into a glass vial.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

More structured and more tannic than the Wapisa, it definitely benefited from an hour’s decanting.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2025

In both kitchens, we see a panoply of clear jars, an attention to display, and an affection for decanting.

From Slate ● Mar. 15, 2025

The day before, Levin and McDougall-Treacy’s daughter, Erin McDougall, spend the day whipping together meringue powder, powdered sugar and water for icing, mixing colors and decanting them into dozens of little squeeze bottles.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 25, 2022

Little touches like a fresh set of dish towels or decanting your dish soap into a pretty pump can do wonders to elevate the look and feel of your cooking space.

From Salon ● May 20, 2022

“It is important to chill the vial prior to decanting, as the agent boils at room temperature.”

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss




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