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chewy

[choo-ee] / ˈtʃu i /
ADJECTIVE
requiring chewing
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In a video watched 2.8 million times, a foreign reviewer described it as "kind of like chewy tofu" and "very oily".

From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026

This incredible access to food—from carts of dim sum in Chinatown to the perfectly chewy Upper West Side bagels I was raised on—instilled in me a lifelong appreciation and appetite for food of all kinds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

Greasy, salty, chewy and—as Richard Wilbur wrote of the potato—“beautiful only to hunger,” they simply taste good.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 27, 2026

You’ll encounter a kind of linguistic confetti: cakey, fudgy, moist, dense, rich, gooey, chewy.

From Salon ● Mar. 5, 2026

“Was the soup too spicy? The pork too chewy? The cookies too soft?”

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko

Their dollars are flowing to niche names with more cultural cachet, from fancy new protein bars to chewier candy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2025

It is often sold as a longer grain option and has a similar nutty flavor to black and red rice cultivars, though some chefs suggest the texture is slightly chewier.

From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2023

Mrs Cole said it took her 40 minutes to cook and was therefore tougher and chewier.

From BBC ● Apr. 5, 2023

The basa fillet possesses a softer flesh, while the grass carp has a denser, chewier bite.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 5, 2022

Sweet Potato Biscuits are sweeter and chewier than the baking powder variety eaten elsewhere.

From The Perdue Chicken Cookbook by Mitzi Perdue

The lobster is pleasantly oceanic-tasting and then, sadly, the chewiest I’ve ever encountered, chewing and chewing like a wad of seafood-flavored bubble gum.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 3, 2022

"Oh, I think this one is the chewiest," said my dad, waving around a chocolate chip.

From Salon ● Nov. 3, 2021

The chewiest, knottiest song here is the title track, which concludes the album, a six-minute meditation that feels designed, after a half-hour of reckoning, to be inconclusive.

From New York Times ● Jan. 23, 2020

Mr. Lamar’s “good kid, m.A.A.d. city” is as much of a slog as any great album in recent memory and probably the chewiest major-label hip-hop album in more than a decade.

From New York Times ● Oct. 28, 2012


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