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tomato

[tuh-may-toh, -mah-] / təˈmeɪ toʊ, -ˈmɑ- /


NOUN
simple fruit
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The book also includes 30 “recipes from Old Philadelphia,” ranging from catfish and waffles to South Philly-style tomato pie, that demonstrate the breadth of Philadelphia’s multicultural, multiracial, ever-changing culinary landscape.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

It can also rescue a tomato soup that’s drifted too far toward sweetness.

From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026

"I make some plain bread, sometimes I can have it with a tomato, or with some honey, and a tea. That's it."

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

Jason Brasher, an innovation manager at Mizkan America, which makes Ragu and Bertolli tomato sauce, said consumer-goods manufacturers are trying to stay ahead with research and development that leads to new products.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026

All glued to my postcard shreds with cold tomato soup and leftover mayonnaise.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

“There is everything in the perfect bite,” Moore said of the vaunted marriage of ground beef, shredded cheese, iceberg lettuce, tomatoes and rich sour cream in a corn shell.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Processing tomatoes — those used in products such as canned diced tomatoes and ketchup — are also fetching lower prices than they did a few years ago.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

His firm offers growers crop predictions for strawberries and also raspberries, blackberries, blueberries and tomatoes.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

Dmyterko lines up jars of gherkins and tomatoes.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

Because Dicey didn’t feel right about going into the refrigerator or the pantry, they ate tomatoes and cucumbers from the garden.

From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt


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