blanched
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Frozen meals have come a long way from the blanched vegetables and rubbery, puck-shaped meat approximations found in TV dinners of the 1970s and 80s.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026
The section “Skeletal Embodiment,” in which all the featured garments and objects are shades of bleached bone, blanched coral and fossil gray, is simultaneously prehistoric and futuristic—a realm of deep time in both directions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
To prepare the samples, potatoes were rinsed, peeled, cut into strips, blanched, and salted.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 2, 2026
At first, Hallow didn't seem so bad, even though I blanched when it immediately gamified the spiritual experience by congratulating me for maintaining my "streak" of daily usage.
From Salon ● Apr. 18, 2025
“I still can’t hear you,” Aarfy complained tolerantly, cupping his podgy hand behind the blanched corolla of his ear.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
