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Recent Examples of vegetarian
Alexander Tin, CBS News, 16 Jan. 2025
For quicker, cheaper fare, food trucks draw crowds at Worthing Square, where Ackee Tree serves a hearty bowl of flying fish and cou cou, the national dish, (25 dollars), and Bacco makes a fine vegetarian pizza (30 dollars).
—Patrick Scott, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025
Matthew Carey, Deadline, 28 Dec. 2024
Drnovšek, a vegetarian, ordered a simple pasta dish rather than one of the restaurant’s more elaborate offerings.
—Ellen Ruppel Shell, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Nov. 2024
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Adjective
But other companies also use Red 3 to color a wide variety of products, from drinks to vegetarian meats, and will be forced to rework their recipes.
—Alexander Tin, CBS News, 16 Jan. 2025
For quicker, cheaper fare, food trucks draw crowds at Worthing Square, where Ackee Tree serves a hearty bowl of flying fish and cou cou, the national dish, (25 dollars), and Bacco makes a fine vegetarian pizza (30 dollars).
—Patrick Scott, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025
Noun
Fitzgerald has been a vegetarian for various stretches in his life.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 28 Dec. 2024
Drnovšek, a vegetarian, ordered a simple pasta dish rather than one of the restaurant’s more elaborate offerings.
—Ellen Ruppel Shell, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vegetarian
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Sauropods were a group of four-legged herbivorous dinosaurs known for their long necks and tails.—
Natalie Demaree,
Kansas City Star,
8 Jan. 2025
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Climate change toward the end of the Triassic provided a new glut of food that herbivorous dinosaurs, such as the ancestors of Apatosaurus, began to dine on.—
Riley Black,
Smithsonian Magazine,
16 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Target's recent announcement to rollback its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives has sparked calls for boycotts, prompting vegan lifestyle guru and Emmy-winning actress Tabitha Brown to address the situation.—
Barbara A. Perry,
Newsweek,
27 Jan. 2025
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Bay Area residents from Napa to Los Gatos seek out Super Duper’s orange sign for smash burgers, grilled chicken sandwiches ($10.50) and seasonal milkshakes ($7), along with a few vegetarian and vegan options.—
Benjy Egel,
Sacramento Bee,
25 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Within days, groups like Best Friend, Santa Barbara Humane and the San Diego Humane Society began taking away the animals in an effort to open up more floor space at the facility.—
Johnny Dodd,
People.com,
24 Jan. 2025
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For those unable to make it to Washington, the Giant Panda Cam, a feed of 40 cameras spread out across the animals’ habitat, will broadcast live between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. Eastern.—
Meilan Solly,
Smithsonian Magazine,
24 Jan. 2025
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Though variable, the Australopithecus ratios were more similar to those of herbivores, ultimately suggesting that these human ancestors depended mostly on a vegetarian diet.—
Margherita Bassi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
22 Jan. 2025
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The Oxfordshire footprints include a mix of footprints from both herbivores and at least one carnivore.—
Paul Smaglik,
Discover Magazine,
3 Jan. 2025
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“Vegetarian.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vegetarian. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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