kernel
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“There’s usually a kernel of truth,” he said.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
“There’s always kind of a kernel of truth in what he says, but he goes way beyond it and has all these outlandish claims.”
From Slate ● Jun. 29, 2026
So both of them have a kernel of truth, but none of it is the full truth.
From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026
She expects Asia’s oleochemical product demand to remain healthy from the personal healthcare industry, while higher palm kernel oil prices could pose a risk to earnings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
The hair on her arms shone glossily, as if she had used too much palm kernel oil.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
She devised a system that hulled and cleaned corn kernels, and then used mechanical pestles or stamping mechanisms to process the kernels into meal that could be used to bake bread and make other food.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026
“You can achieve a gorgeous slightly umami and sweet flavor by blending steamed or canned sweet corn kernels with oat milk and straining it,” she explains.
From Salon ● Jan. 17, 2026
These include the Green, Neumann, and Schwarz kernels, which are important tools for solving boundary value problems in physics and engineering.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 7, 2026
On her website, she sells apricot kernels for their "potential health benefits" along with nutritional supplements, and offers information and advice.
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2025
Moments later, Nathan entered the mobile home with his bags and the kernels his mother had bought for his science project.
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
Time was the great millstone, which ground us to dust like kerneled wheat.
From "Crispin: The Cross of Lead" by Avi
The sun was just setting when the captain and Chris reappeared bearing gourds full of smoking fish, and sweet sugary yams, and ears of curious small kernelled Indian corn.
From The Boy Chums in the Forest or Hunting for Plume Birds in the Florida Everglades by J. Watson Davis
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