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chewy

[choo-ee] / ˈtʃu i /
ADJECTIVE
requiring chewing
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Neither chewy, gooey nor crumbly, it was a grown-up way for me to get my chocolate fix—dessert and mouth freshener in one.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 4, 2026

You’ll encounter a kind of linguistic confetti: cakey, fudgy, moist, dense, rich, gooey, chewy.

From Salon Mar. 5, 2026

The Taiwanese beverage, which blends black tea, milk, sugar, and chewy tapioca pearls, has spread worldwide since it first appeared in the 1980s.

From Science Daily Mar. 1, 2026

To make them, cafes melt marshmallows to create a chewy outer layer mixed with chocolate, then fill individual portions with pistachio cream and kadaif before dusting the top with cocoa powder.

From Barron's Jan. 20, 2026

The halwa pieces are the perfect addition of chewy crunch.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan

The thicker, chewier cousin of Spain’s more famous snack is the real draw at San Ginés.

From Salon Jun. 23, 2026

Your mileage may vary, but know that the best gingerbread cookie in Disneyland is actually inside the park at the Harbor Galley, where the cookies are smaller and rounder but also spicier and chewier.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 19, 2025

Their dollars are flowing to niche names with more cultural cachet, from fancy new protein bars to chewier candy.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 5, 2025

While I appreciate the classic appeal of ginger snaps, my heart belongs to a chewier counterpart — the ginger molasses cookie.

From Seattle Times Dec. 19, 2023

It is chewier and has a more nut-like flavor.

From The Perdue Chicken Cookbook by Perdue, Mitzi

The lobster is pleasantly oceanic-tasting and then, sadly, the chewiest I’ve ever encountered, chewing and chewing like a wad of seafood-flavored bubble gum.

From Seattle Times Nov. 3, 2022

"Oh, I think this one is the chewiest," said my dad, waving around a chocolate chip.

From Salon Nov. 3, 2021

The chewiest, knottiest song here is the title track, which concludes the album, a six-minute meditation that feels designed, after a half-hour of reckoning, to be inconclusive.

From New York Times Jan. 23, 2020

Mr. Lamar’s “good kid, m.A.A.d. city” is as much of a slog as any great album in recent memory and probably the chewiest major-label hip-hop album in more than a decade.

From New York Times Oct. 28, 2012



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