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sweetener

[sweet-n-er] / ˈswit n ər /










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In February, Paramount offered Warner investors a sweetener, so-called “ticking fees,” to win the auction.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 25, 2026

Researchers then placed them into three groups according to their total sweetener intake.

From Science Daily Jul. 18, 2026

I add a pinch of salt to the yogurt along with the zest and sweetener.

From Salon Mar. 17, 2026

But a near-endless number of possible customizations means that customers can bring their sugar intake far higher by adding pumps of syrup, cold foam, sweetener or other toppings.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 6, 2026

Those parts are put back together in new ways to make the sweetener in your soft drink or the starch in your hamburger roll.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan

But this year, federal health officials recommended limiting intake of artificial sweeteners.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 4, 2026

And sales staff are locked in a costly battle to win over lucrative business customers by offering volume discounts and other sweeteners.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 1, 2026

Large-scale commodity crops such as corn, wheat and soybeans — which go into myriad processed foods as well as into sweeteners and animal feed — behave a little differently, he said.

From MarketWatch Jul. 18, 2026

For the study, published in Molecular Systems Biology, Dr. Blasche and her colleagues investigated how artificial and low-calorie sweeteners influence gut bacteria.

From Science Daily Jul. 17, 2026

You might think that it has replaced other sweeteners in the American diet, but that isn’t so.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan




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