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cereal

[seer-ee-uhl] / ˈsɪər i əl /
NOUN
edible grain
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Cereal producers, who need vast amounts of the stuff, have been hit particularly hard, said Luc Vernet of Farm Europe, an agriculture sector think tank.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

Cereal prices rose 1.1% as cold weather in the U.S. and Europe hurt wheat crops.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

Starbucks also hopped on the cereal milk craze with its recipes for Cereal Milk Coffee.

From Salon • Jun. 22, 2025

Cereal grain fortification also started as voluntary to give manufacturers time to implement changes, but the runway was much shorter: It graduated from voluntary to mandatory in under a year.

From Seattle Times • May 15, 2024

Cereal crops alone now account for more than half of the calories consumed by the world’s human populations.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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