caloric

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Recent Examples of caloric But once winter hits, our eating habits change, and people tend to gravitate towards more caloric foods that help keep them warm. Leyre Moreno, Glamour, 13 Dec. 2024 In a caloric deficit, higher protein is recommended to preserve lean muscle. Lauren Panoff, Mph, Rd, Verywell Health, 12 Dec. 2024 Many electrolyte drinks use stevia as a non-caloric sweetener. Isabel Vasquez Rd Ldn, Verywell Health, 19 Nov. 2024 That’s especially true given the caloric impact of frequent alcohol consumption. Miles Pollard and Kyle Mendelson, Twin Cities, 22 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for caloric
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Adjective
  • The nation wants to snack its way to feeling better, and manufacturers are producing more and more fast food snacks that are increasingly calorific.
    Alex Ledsom, Fortune Europe, 1 Dec. 2024
  • The nation wants to snack its way to feeling better, and manufacturers are producing more and more fast food snacks that are increasingly calorific.
    Alex Ledsom, Fortune Europe, 1 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Cuts of meat from animal muscle contain very little fat, making bones — which contain marrow and other fatty tissue even when an animal is malnourished — a more important resource.
    Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 4 July 2025
  • Fentanyl binds to fatty tissue, but the other two drugs tested don't have the same affinity to fatty tissue specifically, Orbach said.
    Olivia Garrett, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025

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