knead

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Recent Examples of knead Continue to knead for 3 minutes, either by hand or in the mixer, so that the dough develops elasticity and silkiness. Tribune News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 June 2025 There are four kneading nodes, three intensity settings, and a heat therapy option. Louryn Strampe, Wired News, 3 June 2025 The finely veined stone dresses up sink countertops and provides a cool surface for kneading dough and rolling out pie crusts. Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 28 May 2025 Add enough flour to make a soft dough and knead it into a smooth ball. Mary Ann Esposito, Boston Herald, 28 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for knead
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Verb
  • Slim promptly pockets and pats them for safekeeping.
    Jennifer Leigh Parker, Forbes.com, 25 July 2025
  • Brinkley recounts that Billy made his way over to the piano and patted the bench.
    Richard Johnson, New York Daily News, 20 July 2025
Verb
  • Ancient Meteorites In the solar system, ancient meteorites sometimes contain crystalline minerals that contain silicon monoxide, which can condense at the extremely high temperatures present in young planetary discs to form planets.
    Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025
  • The Pussycat Dolls alum helped personally form One Direction’s lineup while serving as a judge on the U.K. version of the X Factor in 2010.
    Emlyn Travis Published, EW.com, 15 July 2025
Verb
  • His game grew rapidly in the eight years the club spent molding him.
    Bobby Krivitsky, Forbes.com, 17 July 2025
  • It’s meant to evoke a weaver bird’s nest, and the oversized perch is molded to look like little twigs.
    Parker Hall, Wired News, 11 July 2025
Verb
  • This technique works especially well when readers are swimming in too many possibilities.
    Renae Gregoire, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025
  • During his first term in office, Trump wasn’t exactly kind to Meghan Markle, who was a working member of the royal family at the time.
    Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 15 July 2025
Verb
  • Cathal Carr, founder of the reinsurance company OAK Re, says that companies like his would generally look at the previous 50–100 years’ worth of data to model risks.
    Christine Ro, Forbes.com, 22 July 2025
  • Assemblymember Tasha Boerner proposed the state law a few months ago, modeling the bill on a law enforced by New York.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 22 July 2025

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“Knead.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knead. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.

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