ingredient
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The Costo-style habituation makes chicken an ingredient that feels like it should always be available at accessible prices no matter what happens to the economy, similar to how Americans view eggs.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
Because she had not yet developed diabetes, the retired 69-year-old was prescribed Wegovy for weight loss rather than its sister drug, Ozempic – both of which contain the active ingredient semaglutide.
From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026
Volatility is a key ingredient in pricing options, as it is used to gauge how likely a contract is exercised depending on the timing of the option’s expiration.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026
To us, the house salad that got passed around at the beginning of every meal was perfect, save for one ingredient: the plump, black olives.
From Salon • Jun. 3, 2026
It had taken fifty-three years, but finally Mason Darlington Burgess, the good-for-nothing heir to the Darlington fortune, had discovered the secret ingredient to his own mother’s peanut butter recipe.
From "A Tangle of Knots" by Lisa Graff
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