starch
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That includes the starch, fiber, and sweetener that currently have to be added separately.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 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
Many Caribbean meals center on a meat and starch with seasoning.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 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
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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
If you’re already handling the sides, starches, desserts, and salads, a fully cooked smoked turkey from Bear Creek Smokehouse is a gift to yourself.
From Salon ● Dec. 4, 2025
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
I was supposed to be on this diet where you eat a lot of starches and crap, to gain weight and all, but I didn't ever do it.
From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger
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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
Waiters float about in starched whites under slow fans and amber lights.
From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2025
New York City police officers milled around in their caps and starched white shirts.
From New York Times ● May 31, 2024
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
Often, I would stand beside her and wrap my hand in her freshly starched housedress as the water sprayed in my face.
From "March Forward, Girl" by Melba Pattillo Beals
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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
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