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mixture

[miks-cher] / ˈmɪks tʃər /


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Peeling produces a slightly cleaner finished syrup, but because the mixture will eventually be strained, leaving the skins on works perfectly well.

From Salon Aug. 16, 2026

Each touch of the ball was greeted by a mixture of boos and cheers, while some fans also celebrated when Fernandez was fouled.

From BBC Aug. 15, 2026

She told AFP from her parliamentary office that she felt a "mixture of joy and responsibility".

From Barron's Aug. 7, 2026

Mr. Lee’s narrator is a Korean-American man named Jeon-Gi who recalls the summer he turned 11 with a complicated mixture of nostalgia and regret.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 4, 2026

“Sounds good to me,” Grandma said, and I shook a little more paprika into the mixture.

From "From the Desk of Zoe Washington" by Janae Marks

Gold is traditionally recovered either by smelting at very high temperatures or by using corrosive acid mixtures that generate hazardous waste.

From Barron's Aug. 4, 2026

The team decided to remove filling from previous restoration work, replacing it by mixtures of lime and sand that more closely resembled the original material used by Giotto.

From Barron's Jun. 12, 2026

That said, sometimes off-target or incomplete editing happens with base editing, resulting in so-called “mosaics,” which are genetic mixtures of edited and unedited cells.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 5, 2026

These results suggest that mixtures of plant compounds can produce meaningful biological effects even at the lower levels typically consumed in a normal diet.

From Science Daily Apr. 9, 2026

I whipped up some more mixtures, experimenting with the percentages.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam




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