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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 menus are part of the curriculum, so students learn how to master every recipe.
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Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 13 July 2025
Almost everything at Windmill Farms’ tortilla stand — recipe, equipment, staff — relocated from Pancho Villa Farmer’s Market.
—Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 July 2025
Skip the slices of banana bread at breakfast, and make this easy dump cake recipe for dessert instead.
—Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 July 2025
The reviews on the NYT Cooking recipe are surprisingly promising.
—Alex Kirshner, New York Times, 12 July 2025
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Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 13 July 2025
Almost everything at Windmill Farms’ tortilla stand — recipe, equipment, staff — relocated from Pancho Villa Farmer’s Market.
—Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 July 2025
Skip the slices of banana bread at breakfast, and make this easy dump cake recipe for dessert instead.
—Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 July 2025
The reviews on the NYT Cooking recipe are surprisingly promising.
—Alex Kirshner, New York Times, 12 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for recipe
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Now, the state is making the firing squad its lead method of execution.—
Alisha Ebrahimji,
CNN Money,
21 July 2025
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Though small, Calabash has a rather large claim: It’s been deemed the Seafood Capital of the World, thanks to a very specific method of frying fish and shrimp that involves a light dusting of flour or cornmeal before dunking it in hot oil.—
Lydia Mansel,
Travel + Leisure,
21 July 2025
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Cora certainly understands this process as the deadline approaches and what Boston is capable of if chief baseball officer Craig Breslow can add reinforcements.—
Tim Crowley,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 July 2025
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The best measurement isn't necessarily the most complex, but rather the approach that most faithfully represents the marketing dynamics marketers already know to be true.—
Cody Greco,
Forbes.com,
25 July 2025
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Neither the city's Office of Public Health and Safety nor the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department agreed to requests for interviews about the situation on Leonard Street and the city's evolving strategy for managing homeless camps.—
Jordan Smith,
IndyStar,
26 July 2025
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Many turn to short-term coping strategies that undermine long-term survival, like selling off livestock.—
Nurith Aizenman,
NPR,
25 July 2025
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The chart, which Billboard introduced in 2020, ranks the most popular individual tracks around the world, using a methodology that combines sales and streaming activity.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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Canva Sans Variable Canva Sans Variable By this methodology, Florida stood out as the state best prepared for a recession in the near future.—
Hugh Cameron,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 July 2025
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And once the technique was shown to work in laboratory studies and field trials in Australia and Indonesia, the World Mosquito Program was ready to attempt it at a grander scale.—
Ari Daniel,
NPR,
26 July 2025
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Both ice creams start with the same classic technique: gently heating milk and cream, tempering in the egg yolks, and cooking until the custard thickens.—
Elizabeth Fogarty,
Better Homes & Gardens,
26 July 2025
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Or the ways that the Reyes family has lived in fear since Jose and his father were detained in early May.—
Austin Hornbostel,
The Tennessean,
26 July 2025
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The task force would submit a report with recommendations to the state Legislature after examining the systemic causes of violence against African American women and girls, ways to help victims' families heal, methods to track data to understand the scope of the issue and more.—
Hope Karnopp,
jsonline.com,
26 July 2025
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“Recipe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recipe. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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