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the means or procedure for doing something
her recipe for attaining financial security is to save money, invest wisely, and live well within her means
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Recent Examples of recipe
The first French recipe for snails appeared in the 1390s, in Le Ménagier de Paris (The Parisian Household Book), but similar recipes are not found in other cookbooks from the period.
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Garritt C. Van Dyk, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 May 2025
Too often, they're left to decode PDFs in a short open enrollment window—hardly the recipe for confident decisions.
—Arick Wierson, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 May 2025
Purple's recipes are devoted to the joy of cooking—sometimes to a fault, in the case of some hour-long recipe preps.
—Matthew Korfhage, Wired News, 28 May 2025
Smith and Jacobs’ viral 2024 TikTok collaboration saw her riffing on her signature from-scratch recipe series to cook up a red Tote Bag.
—Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 28 May 2025
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Garritt C. Van Dyk, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 May 2025
Too often, they're left to decode PDFs in a short open enrollment window—hardly the recipe for confident decisions.
—Arick Wierson, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 May 2025
Purple's recipes are devoted to the joy of cooking—sometimes to a fault, in the case of some hour-long recipe preps.
—Matthew Korfhage, Wired News, 28 May 2025
Smith and Jacobs’ viral 2024 TikTok collaboration saw her riffing on her signature from-scratch recipe series to cook up a red Tote Bag.
—Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 28 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for recipe
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The only way to avoid jail is paying money, usually with a gift card, but a method becoming more common is paying by cryptocurrency.—
Wayne Ford,
USA Today,
23 May 2025
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Prioritize Algorithmic Efficiency Focusing on algorithmic efficiency can help reduce AI’s environmental impact by improving model architectures and training methods, enabling similar performance with fewer computations.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
21 May 2025
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Establish a new culture, replacing the emotionless, do-your-job style of Bill Belichick with a more modern, player-friendly approach.—
Jacob Robinson,
New York Times,
27 May 2025
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Another part of Marietta's approach to wellness is education — for recruits and working cops, as well as their families.—
Katja Ridderbusch,
NPR,
26 May 2025
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Amy Cameron – an executive, writer and producer – and Tassie Cameron, a showrunner and executive producer – founded Cameron Pictures and manage it alongside executive producer Alex Patrick, who leads on strategy and business and legal affairs.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
26 May 2025
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That’s exactly where many organizations are flying blind, building AI agents without a strategy for how to keep them running, governed and optimized at scale.—
Kolawole Samuel Adebayo,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2025
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The tally is compiled by the Official Charts Company, using a methodology that blends both sales and streaming activity to reflect what the nation is listening to.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
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Alessi looked to create doubt surrounding Welcher’s findings, grilling the biomechanical engineer on the methodology behind his experiment surrounding the cause of the injury to O’Keefe’s eye.—
Julia Bonavita , Adam Sabes,
FOXNews.com,
29 May 2025
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The idea was to serve sharable plates of regional dishes prepared with modern techniques.—
Michelle Greenwald,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2025
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In recent years spirit-free drinks have been at the forefront of the beverage industry, at the nexus of innovation, creativity, and ambition, powered by local ingredients and unique distilling techniques.—
Bon Appétit,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
27 May 2025
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Sankey said the way the committee seems to weigh strength of schedule shortchanges the conference slate, which doesn’t include any teams among the lower half of the 134 NCAA FBS programs.—
Ralph D. Russo,
New York Times,
27 May 2025
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At a time when many young people see college as the only way forward, veterans have already shown a willingness to choose their own path.—
Adam Stone,
USA Today,
27 May 2025
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“Recipe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recipe. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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