junk food

Example Sentences

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The monkeys with the most frequent soil consumption munch on tourist junk food that is "high in sugar, high in salt, high in dairy, which the macaques can't digest," said Lemoine.

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

All too many of the newer ones are investment junk food.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

Read more: The U.S. is about to define what junk food is.

From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026

Everything from diabetes to schizophrenia, he claims, is caused by Americans being junk food junkies.

From Salon • May 18, 2026

After Belén gets home from school, she and I wander through the town aimlessly, eating all the junk food that will fit inside our bodies.

From "I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter" by Erika L. Sánchez