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ferment

[fur-ment, fer-ment] / ˈfɜr mɛnt, fərˈmɛnt /




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With the help of large handheld food mixers, they carefully grind the mixture of dried Californian grapes and water, which they then ferment before distilling it in a large still imported from Germany.

From Barron's • May 2, 2026

Then we let it ferment and age to make soy sauce.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

When they ferment sugars, they create tiny outward flowing currents across the wet surface.

From Science Daily • Mar. 13, 2026

But although the intellectual ferment of Europe in the late 19th and early 20th centuries undergirds “Effingers,” Tergit’s heart lies with her characters.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

In the closed, humid confines of the refrigerator, the smell had had the time to develop, to ferment, to grow bitter and angry.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel




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