starch

Think of the logic of salt-and-vinegar potato chips: starch loves that sharp little counterpoint.

From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026

More than 85% of the rice people eat consists of starch.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026

Another standout ingredient in the batter is rice flour, which has a high starch content and creates a very light texture.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

“It just kind of took the starch out of everything,” said Aron Wellman, managing partner of Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners, co-owner of the 4-year-old colt.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2026

He felt the starch stiffening against his sides, felt his sweat accumulating in places he could not reach.

From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt

But acrylamide is also a totally natural byproduct of cooking starches.

From Slate ● Sep. 14, 2026

They contain enzymes to break down proteins and starches, and surfactants so water spreads and cleans better.

From BBC ● Feb. 18, 2026

In boiling water, the vegetable’s starches begin to convert to sugars, bringing out a natural sweetness.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2025

The predominant biofuel option on the market today is generated from corn, in part because, the researchers said, their starches break down easily.

From Science Daily ● May 7, 2024

Many of these fractions, the sugars and starches, the alcohols and acids, the emulsifiers and stabi lizers with the strange names, will be made into food.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan

Cipriano, 35, a man of starched white shirts, neatly-parted hair and wire-rimmed glasses, resembles a Brooks Brothers mannequin.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026

The other side of the detective’s profile has him strolling between the starched propriety of upper-class society and the sooty underbelly, doing rich men’s dirty work.

From Salon ● Apr. 16, 2025

As he eases along the campaign trail, Schiff is the unflappable man, sober and buttoned-down as the starched white shirt he wears beneath a standard-issue uniform of navy-blue suit and muted tie.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 22, 2024

The software used by the engineers at the truss manufacturing plant allowed the designer to make the trusses stiffer than an old-fashioned starched shirt collar.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 25, 2023

The preacher, Don Joaquín, was slight, with child-size hands, delicate shoulders, and a thin neck trapped inside the collar of a starched shirt.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago

Every day, he’d get up at 6 a.m., pop his oldies tape in his cassette player, pull down the ironing board built into the wall of his 1920s childhood home and start starching.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2023

There he would be, relaxing in front of Match of the Day, while methodically folding his charcoal cashmere jumpers and starching his blue shirts.

From The Guardian ● Dec. 5, 2019

An exhausted woman in an Arizona State sweatshirt inspects my shirt for proper starching before handing me a questionnaire in which I am asked to detail my gastrointestinal health:

From Salon ● Feb. 25, 2017

Or it could mean a Kangol hat, some Cazal shades, ultra-baggy pants or Adidas with fat laces that required stretching, starching and pressing to perfect the look.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 24, 2015

It was tiresome wearing the same dress every day that I worked, starching up the collar and dab-washing the armpits every night so it would be dry by the next morning.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu