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peanut

[pee-nuht, -nuht] / ˈpiˌnʌt, -nət /
NOUN
nut
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He worked as a shoeshine boy and peanut vendor before becoming a metalworker and trade unionist.

From Barron's Aug. 2, 2026

Then he kisses kitty on the cheek and reintroduces him as Maní – the Spanish word for peanut.

From Salon Jul. 17, 2026

She’s like an Auntie Mame, only her version of extravagance is peanut butter sundaes at Serendipity 3, a course at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and tickets to see Diana Rigg on Broadway in “Medea.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 8, 2026

Katie, a businesswoman from Cardiff, and husband Neil Jennings, 49, applied for Yann to attend a medical trial in London for peanut allergy in toddlers when he was three.

From BBC Jun. 13, 2026

For the next half hour, Madge and I dump out our candy and swap, lollipops for chocolate bars, peanut butter cups for packs of gum.

From "Muffled" by Jennifer Gennari

Some less-processed foods contain more fat and calories because they include nutrient-dense whole-food ingredients such as peanuts or beef.

From Science Daily Jul. 29, 2026

Put this all together and farmers — mainly large-scale row-crop producers of corn, soybeans, wheat, cotton, rice and peanuts — are already set to receive roughly $55 billion from the U.S.

From MarketWatch Jul. 24, 2026

They designed an experiment to mimic natural feeding in the wild - using peanuts.

From BBC Jul. 21, 2026

Its holding is worth about $115 million at the current stock price — peanuts for a company that collects revenue of about $5 billion a year.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 14, 2026

At a town called Pakok we found some yams and peanuts.

From "Lost Boy, Lost Girl" by John Bul Dau




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