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fillet

[fil-it, fi-lay] / ˈfɪl ɪt, fɪˈleɪ /


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You could have customers showing up ordering a feast of fillet steaks because they got an inside tip on your generosity.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026

My second twist might incite even more gasps: Instead of tuna, bake a handsome fillet of Steelhead trout.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026

Asked whether a customer could tell the difference, Mariani said: "It is very difficult for a member of the public that is not a trained fish biologist to identify one fillet from another."

From BBC ● Apr. 30, 2026

They found a decrease in six out of nine nutrients in the salmon fillet -- calcium, iodine, iron, omega-3, vitamin B12 and vitamin A, but increased levels of selenium and zinc.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 20, 2024

Zafoona rolled back the tinfoil and eyed the fillet of fish lying on a small pile of yellow rice.

From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai

First devised in 1828 by English grocer John Osborn, Gentleman’s Relish is a punchy blend of mashed anchovy fillets, butter and a secret blend of spices and herbs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 1, 2026

These cans contained fillets from four species collected over a 42-year span in the Gulf of Alaska and Bristol Bay.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 1, 2026

I’ll stop at Gelson’s, and they’ve got two grass-fed fillets that are relatively reasonable.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2025

That includes topping salads with tinned smoked salmon marinated in extra virgin olive oil, umami-fying pastas with anchovy fillets à la Alison Roman or topping toast with butter and rainbow trout.

From Salon ● May 2, 2025

He has moist red lips; pale, almost translucent cheeks like fillets of raw sole; and an instinct for correctness that rarely fails him.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

A few days later, Naiser headed home to Louisville, Ky., after a stop in Michigan, where he dropped off the fish—49 pounds, 63.5 inches—to be filleted and mounted.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026

"Customers understand that it's a luxury dish," chef Tomoyuki Takashino said from behind the stove as he skewered an eel he had just killed and filleted.

From Barron's ● Nov. 21, 2025

Martin gets filleted but the Rangers players can't escape censure here.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2025

I cannot overemphasize how dumb it is that Scott finally filleted his reputation in full over this, a trolly Rasmussen poll.

From Slate ● Feb. 27, 2023

Nita filleted another eel and dropped its carcass into the bucket between them.

From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi

Things have disintegrated since, hastened by the predictable filleting of goods and services to extrude every last cent of value.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

He wasn’t there long, however, Conklin told the Statesman, because Kohberger didn’t show himself to be very personable with customers and also wasn’t improving at filleting the fish.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 26, 2023

But those were mostly the function of an offense unable to hit shots, not a filleting of one of the NBA’s top defenses, as Adebayo had done.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2021

Mr. Mouland put the birds in the oven, and the men turned to filleting the day’s catch of cod.

From New York Times ● Dec. 4, 2016

By the time four bells struck, Sefia was exhausted, but she could wield her Vision with the precision of a filleting knife.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee




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