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sugar

[shoog-er] / ˈʃʊg ər /


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Glucosamine significantly increased the attachment of sugar residues to proteins inside cells.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 27, 2026

Once inside the brain, glucosamine can enter biochemical pathways that construct complex sugar structures and attach them to proteins.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 27, 2026

I frosted the cake with a Swiss meringue buttercream that required bringing egg whites and sugar together over a pot of simmering water and then whisking it into stiff peaks.

From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026

Profits from sugar, cotton and coffee grown there helped fuel the global Dutch empire.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

I’d watched it dissolve like sugar in water, no trace.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

Ethel had been found in a coma at 05:00 and her first injection of glucose to increase her blood sugars was given at 06:15.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

"An hour or two of exposure is enough to trigger glycosylation, or the binding of smoke to the sugars in the grapes," said oenology consultant Clement Prelat, who is advising winemakers in the area.

From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026

Sodha says that limiting each plant to 750ml of water a day produces "rich, highly concentrated sugars and aromas instead of water-logged, bland fruits".

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026

Fructose and glucose are two common sugars found in many foods and drinks.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 26, 2026

A single strand of DNA consists of a backbone of sugars and phosphates, and four bases—A, T, G, and C—attached to the backbone, like teeth jutting out from a zipper strand.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

"Nah, nah, nah. I used to use sugared hot water, before the days of hair lacquer. And I couldn't afford hair lacquer, anyway."

From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2025

We won’t know until a few scenes later that Adeyemi and Tremblay are both angling for the big seat, but it doesn’t take much to recognize the burnt sugared scorn in that opening volley.

From Salon ● Nov. 22, 2024

Generations of rockers would strive to replicate the sugared hard rock of the Raspberries but Carmen wound up softening his attack after he parted ways with the group.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 11, 2024

Dip each in the turbinado sugar to coat one side; set sugared side up on the prepared baking sheet, nine per sheet.

From Washington Times ● Aug. 15, 2023

His sugared almond tasted of her name which seemed so quaintly improbable that he wondered if he had remembered it correctly.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

"The sugaring season has come early this year and is still underway," he said.

From BBC ● Mar. 25, 2024

But she soon found that before she could provide services for clients, and earn more, she was required to attend trainings on such things as sugaring to remove unwanted hair and lash and brow maintenance.

From Reuters ● Oct. 17, 2022

Van den Berg remains optimistic that technological advances the modern sugaring operation affords can provide a buffer.

From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2022

The University of New Hampshire has a hotline for maple sugaring questions.

From New York Times ● Apr. 7, 2021

There was an article in a Pittsburgh newspaper that said it was the greatest sugaring year in the whole history of Pennsylvania!

From "Miracles on Maple Hill" by Virginia Sorensen




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