chalky
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Fiber-drink concoctions of years past were lumpy or chalky and generally tasted awful, even if they managed to deliver more fiber itself.
From MarketWatch ● May 10, 2026
This year, when only four double-digit seeds reached the second round, the chalky strategy turned out to be the right one.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 24, 2026
"We're connecting tiny chalky organisms to planetary carbon flows," says Dr. Guerreiro.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2025
In March, before the tough one-day classic Strade Bianche - a 215km race encompassing the loose, chalky roads of Tuscany - he was asked about his plan to win.
From BBC ● May 3, 2024
Pillars of chalky light reached up from the ground and illuminated the chapel, which glowed, moonlike, against the night sky.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
The team concluded this was mainly due to texture, as participants reported the rice flour chocolate contained "a chalkier texture," while oat-flour-containing chocolates were described as "smoother, softer and creamier."
From Science Daily ● Feb. 12, 2024
It all seems suddenly to flash before my eyes — only the dust in Afghanistan was chalkier and finer than the dust from this walnut slab, which is old, but not Afghanistan old.
From Salon ● Nov. 14, 2018
It tasted flowery and sweet, but with a chalkier consistency than real manna.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 3, 2018
Its surface is disconcertingly soft-looking, a beige putty color, waxy in places and chalkier in others.
From New York Times ● Mar. 27, 2018
Trotter's sallow young face grew chalkier as he wrote, though he was unconscious of either effort or weariness.
From Stories from Everybody's Magazine by Various
After one of the two chalkiest first and second rounds ever, the regionals produced the best second weekend of the N.C.A.A. tournament in 20 years, and potentially set up two or three more great games.
From New York Times ● Apr. 1, 2019
The N.C.A.A. tournament’s second weekend opens Thursday with one of the two chalkiest brackets in history.
From New York Times ● Mar. 25, 2019
