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Water and fat don’t mix, so excess oil or grease (say, from starting a soup with lots of bacon fat), can find its way to the surface, creating a greasy film.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
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Because avoiding excess heat and air exposure is key to keeping butter fresh, the temperature in your kitchen and how well the butter is wrapped will make a difference.—
Annie Peterson,
Better Homes & Gardens,
25 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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If so desired, extra time can be spent on the Lions’ 52-point explosion in a Week 8 victory over the Tennessee Titans.—
Dan Wiederer,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Jan. 2025
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The industry benefits from stable, year-round demand, as people and companies often require extra space regardless of economic conditions.—
Melissa Houston,
Forbes,
20 Jan. 2025
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The German supermodel, one of the first Victoria’s Secret Girls, went beyond the fashion runway to secure a thriving reality TV career.—
Etan Vlessing,
The Hollywood Reporter,
29 Jan. 2025
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Once vital and thriving neighborhoods became feast-or-famine districts where the game day feast seldom provided much, if any, benefit to the immediate neighbors.—
Edward Keegan,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Jan. 2025
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Altadena, for instance, home to some of the West Coast’s most historic and flourishing Black middle-class neighborhoods, was decimated by the area wildfires.—
Jerel Ezell,
TIME,
28 Jan. 2025
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Rather like Sansa Stark herself, the Game of Thrones alum who's had the most flourishing post-Westeros career might just be Sophie Turner.—
Kathleen Walsh,
Glamour,
31 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Dining options are decidedly more lavish than on most American carriers.—
Brad Japhe,
Travel + Leisure,
22 Jan. 2025
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Couples treatments here are not to be missed; a lavish duet suite boasts side-by-side soaking tubs and treatment tables.—
Ariel Okin,
Vogue,
22 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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But if everything checks out, Simmons could be a prolific blindside blocker for Williams. 11.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
20 Jan. 2025
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We are told to find consolation in the creative and prolific souls who share the affliction: the Brontës, Baudelaire, Kafka, Proust, Nabokov.—
Adam Gopnik,
The New Yorker,
20 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The development pre-built its luxuriant landscaping and outdoor plazas, then incorporated an indoor golf simulator, fitness center and café as tenant amenities.—
Jeffrey Steele,
Forbes,
16 Jan. 2025
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One Madison’s slate of attractions includes a public gym (run by Chelsea Piers Fitness) so spacious and luxuriant that members might be tempted to move in.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
21 Nov. 2024
Adjective
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Currency not valued on a nation’s good faith and credit, or goods, or services, or even surplus hens, but the vibes of investors.—
Pat Beall,
Sun Sentinel,
24 Jan. 2025
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This is when other heirs could make a claim for surplus funds. Schandler's Rules After auctions with Schandler rules, there is typically no surplus left over for heirs.—
Ben Wieder and,
Miami Herald,
23 Jan. 2025
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“Proliferative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/proliferative. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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