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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

In industrial production, bacteria are grown inside large fermentation tanks and given carbon-rich materials such as sugars, starch, or plant oils.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 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

The adjacent "mipyme" -- Cuba's acronym for small business which is used as shorthand for any private enterprise -- is a picture of plenty, offering everything from rice, Cuba's staple starch, to rum and ketchup.

From Barron's ● Jul. 3, 2026

And he was prepared in other ways: Though nobody had told us to, he had brought along an iron and ironing board, even spray starch.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover

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

From Slate ● Sep. 14, 2026

They are typically made with refined fats, oils, sugars, starches, salts, and other additives designed to improve flavor, texture, and shelf life, often while lowering nutritional quality.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 27, 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

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

Shaking out the bedding provided in a brown paper bag, I watched my fellow passengers make up their berths, tucking in starched sheets with the ease of seasoned travelers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 29, 2025

History well told is rarely dry, yet so many tales of court intrigue either conflate seriousness with the stiffness of starched collars or bloat the action with too many anachronisms.

From Salon ● Apr. 5, 2024

“Plastics,” he’s told by Mr. McGuire, the starched corporate executive who offers the advice.

From New York Times ● Mar. 9, 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

An important-looking woman, with a sharp nose and a sharp glance and a wimple starched into sharp pleats.

From "The Midwife's Apprentice" by Karen Cushman

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