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pumpkin

[puhmp-kin, puhng-kin] / ˈpʌmp kɪn, ˈpʌŋ kɪn /
NOUN
vegetable
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Garten’s recipes for a Maple Pecan Pie and an Ultimate Pumpkin Pie with Rum Whipped Cream only include a bottom crust.

From Salon • Nov. 18, 2025

Pumpkin cake layered with a tart cream-cheese ganache, dipped in white chocolate and painted in orange sugar, from a celebrated confectioner.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 15, 2025

One runner, Monica Pumpkin, who is originally from Botswana, handed him and his wife yellow roses to thank him for his support during his presidency.

From BBC • Nov. 10, 2025

Pumpkin Fanatic includes more than 50,000 entries, mapping out each pumpkin’s seed and pollinator.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 10, 2025

Then he swung up on Pumpkin, grasped Seabiscuit’s halter, and led him, bucking and antsy, away from the reporters.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand




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