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sugar

[shoog-er] / ˈʃʊg ər /


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Some protein powders contain high amounts of added sugar, artificial ingredients, and hidden stimulants.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

Mice with reduced PD-L2 activity also showed improvements in their ability to process sugar and demonstrated greater grip strength, suggesting that targeting the protein could influence physical functions affected by aging.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026

Start by knowing your numbers, like your blood pressure, cholesterol and blood sugar.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026

Roughly two-thirds of the world’s population has some difficulty digesting the sugar in milk—also known as lactose intolerance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

Back then the only things Mama purchased from the store were coffee beans, granulated sugar, salt, and pepper.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson

Behind the bar, yeast busily converted sugars into alcohol inside giant stainless steel fermentation tanks.

From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026

Means demanded stricter limits on added sugars, protein in breakfasts and 100% whole grain products, changes that roughly quadrupled the cost.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 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

The yeast eats the sugars in bread dough and, as a by-product, gives off carbon dioxide.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan

"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

You can whip a bit more cream and make a few more sugared cranberries to top each one.

From Salon ● Dec. 19, 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

One recent morning she had served him a bungled breakfast of sugared eggs and salted coffee, then blamed it all on “a silly dream”—but a dream the power of daylight had not dispersed.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote

"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

The profitability of maple sugaring depends heavily on yields of actual syrup, which certainly hinges on the actual number of days that hover at the cusp of freezing temperatures.

From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2022

Mr. Gregg’s own sugaring exploits started that way in 1997, and he now has over 1,000 taps.

From New York Times ● Apr. 7, 2021

Anything that wasn’t at the sugaring place, or anything that broke or wore out, they could make for themselves.

From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich


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