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butter

[buht-er] / ˈbʌt ər /


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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

For years, Starlink’s bread and butter has been providing home broadband, a product that has taken off in many rural areas that aren’t served well by fiber-optic cables.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 2, 2026

Buttermilk, cornbread, apple butter, pork and kale, and other dishes will all be on McIntyre's menu.

From BBC • Jul. 1, 2026

She makes bread using flour from her wheat, together with red beans from her fields, to eat alongside butter and dried yoghurt made by her husband.

From Barron's • Jul. 1, 2026

Janie could do all the hand things better than Bat: write things, cut things out, smooth peanut butter on bread.

From "A Boy Called Bat" by Elana K. Arnold




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