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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
Noun
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Hemp processors found ways to use chemical solvents or other methods to produce variants such as Delta-8, Delta-10, and THCO, which can get users high like marijuana.—
Robert McCoppin,
Chicago Tribune,
3 June 2025
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Pricing can also vary by region, and depending on third-party payment methods, additional taxes or international transaction fees may apply.—
Malana VanTyler,
USA Today,
3 June 2025
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Chance of lightning increases as a thunderstorm approaches and peaks when the storm is overhead.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
8 June 2025
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What’s your approach to treating players as individuals?—
Maria Fontoura,
Rolling Stone,
7 June 2025
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These changes were more than just rebrands: each new name came along with a fundamentally different business strategy.—
Dev Patnaik,
Forbes.com,
7 June 2025
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But, at this point, Edelman believes that advisers who value diversification as a strategy in their clients’ portfolio — eg, across asset classes, sectors, etc. — would be remiss not to recommend adding at least a small amount of digital asset exposure.—
Jeanne Sahadi,
CNN Money,
7 June 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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Injection technique: Botox must be injected precisely into the correct muscles using the correct dose.—
Sarah Jividen,
Verywell Health,
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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Yet Operation Spider's Web, orchestrated by the SBU intelligence service, was also part of a recurring theme: Ukraine keeps inventing new ways to wage war with drones, and regularly catches Russia by surprise.—
Greg Myre,
NPR,
7 June 2025
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Staff at Nasser hospital, where six of the bodies over the last 24 hours were taken, said they were killed while on their way to get food aid.—
Sam Mednick,
Los Angeles Times,
7 June 2025
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“Recipe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recipe. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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