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sugar

[shoog-er] / ˈʃʊg ər /


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RNA and DNA differ chemically by only one oxygen atom in each sugar unit.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026

I was also told to avoid white bread, crackers, pasta and rice—what the dietitian called “fiber-stripped carbs”—because they could send my blood sugar soaring and then crashing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

"I'm not promising it will be in sugar," he says.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

Many farmers already use handheld brix meters to gauge the sugar content of their crop.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

He didn’t seem thirsty, wasn’t napping, didn’t have the sugar breath.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas

Means demanded stricter limits on added sugars, protein in breakfasts and 100% whole grain products, changes that roughly quadrupled the cost.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

Ethel had been found in a coma at 05:00 and her first injection of glucose to increase her blood sugars was given at 06:15.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

"An hour or two of exposure is enough to trigger glycosylation, or the binding of smoke to the sugars in the grapes," said oenology consultant Clement Prelat, who is advising winemakers in the area.

From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026

To investigate how the sugars influence the brain, researchers recorded neural activity in mice after exposure to fructose and glucose.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 26, 2026

Many of these fractions, the sugars and starches, the alcohols and acids, the emulsifiers and stabi lizers with the strange names, will be made into food.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan

"Nah, nah, nah. I used to use sugared hot water, before the days of hair lacquer. And I couldn't afford hair lacquer, anyway."

From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2025

Dip each in the turbinado sugar to coat one side; set sugared side up on the prepared baking sheet, nine per sheet.

From Washington Times ● Aug. 15, 2023

In the summer when we picked fresh strawberries, my mother sliced and sugared them, creating a gorgeous ruby-colored syrup, which we spooned over ice cream or yogurt.

From Salon ● Mar. 23, 2023

“While he can wag a finger as vigorously as the rest of his Boomer cohort, gentleness and twinkle have always sugared the Croz pill,” Eccleston wrote.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 19, 2023

She brought empanadas and sugared breads wrapped in tinfoil, arroz con pollo and chicken soup packaged in plastic containers.

From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez

"The sugaring season has come early this year and is still underway," he said.

From BBC ● Mar. 25, 2024

But she soon found that before she could provide services for clients, and earn more, she was required to attend trainings on such things as sugaring to remove unwanted hair and lash and brow maintenance.

From Reuters ● Oct. 17, 2022

The profitability of maple sugaring depends heavily on yields of actual syrup, which certainly hinges on the actual number of days that hover at the cusp of freezing temperatures.

From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2022

Peter Gregg, the founder of The Maple News and the maple sugaring classifieds, The Maple Trader, isn’t surprised that sugaring supplies have been selling out.

From New York Times ● Apr. 7, 2021

They’d looked delicious hanging from the tree’s branches, but cut up into pieces, they emitted an aroma unlike anything he’d ever smelled before—the scent was intensely sweet, almost sugaring the very air around it.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray




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