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fillet

[fil-it, fi-lay] / ˈfɪl ɪt, fɪˈleɪ /


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You could have customers showing up ordering a feast of fillet steaks because they got an inside tip on your generosity.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026

Make sure to buy two fish so everyone gets a fillet.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 15, 2026

The perfectly red fillet cut sizzles in the pan, its juices releasing a meaty aroma.

From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2025

They found a decrease in six out of nine nutrients in the salmon fillet -- calcium, iodine, iron, omega-3, vitamin B12 and vitamin A, but increased levels of selenium and zinc.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 20, 2024

Zafoona rolled back the tinfoil and eyed the fillet of fish lying on a small pile of yellow rice.

From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai

First devised in 1828 by English grocer John Osborn, Gentleman’s Relish is a punchy blend of mashed anchovy fillets, butter and a secret blend of spices and herbs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 1, 2026

Last year, Rainbow Tomatoes Garden, a family-owned business that claims to offer the world’s largest online selection of tinned fish, paused shipping of its salt-cured anchovy fillets.

From Salon ● May 28, 2026

These cans contained fillets from four species collected over a 42-year span in the Gulf of Alaska and Bristol Bay.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 1, 2026

The cost of almost all essentials has gone up in local supermarkets, from eggs and chicken fillets to seasonal vegetables, Alexander has noticed.

From BBC ● Feb. 17, 2026

Under the stars and with the night colder all the time he ate half of one of the dolphin fillets and one of the flying fish, gutted and with its head cut off.

From "The Old Man and The Sea" by Ernest Hemingway

A few days later, Naiser headed home to Louisville, Ky., after a stop in Michigan, where he dropped off the fish—49 pounds, 63.5 inches—to be filleted and mounted.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026

"Customers understand that it's a luxury dish," chef Tomoyuki Takashino said from behind the stove as he skewered an eel he had just killed and filleted.

From Barron's ● Nov. 21, 2025

I cannot overemphasize how dumb it is that Scott finally filleted his reputation in full over this, a trolly Rasmussen poll.

From Slate ● Feb. 27, 2023

Practiced and efficient, she filleted and skinned the snakes in a matter of minutes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2022

He filleted it on the deck while Hatsue caught another on a hand line.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson

Things have disintegrated since, hastened by the predictable filleting of goods and services to extrude every last cent of value.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

Like, even after a lifetime of hooking, catching, gutting, filleting, smoking and eating the fish, he can’t quite believe how wondrous they really are.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 24, 2023

But those were mostly the function of an offense unable to hit shots, not a filleting of one of the NBA’s top defenses, as Adebayo had done.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2021

In a town where everyone is always filleting everyone else, Mr. Iger floats above it all, cosseted in what some call a “a cult of nice.”

From New York Times ● Sep. 22, 2019

By the time four bells struck, Sefia was exhausted, but she could wield her Vision with the precision of a filleting knife.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee


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