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Although dairy milk remained the most common coffee addition by weight, non-dairy creamer had become the leading source of added calories by 2018.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 2026
A source told the publication that Manning intended to use the house for business, suggesting the investment would serve a different function from his sprawling family estate.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026
"An external source of ignition or extreme weather does not necessarily absolve a company of civil liability," said Hawari.
From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026
A source told Kyodo news agency that GL Events was "overwhelmingly cheaper" than alternative providers.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026
The warning came from an unlikely source, a girl named Emily who’d shared a cell with Sara the night before.
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
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Citing unnamed sources, Fox reported that the investigation concerned immigration paperwork completed by Omar’s late father when she was a child.
From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2026
Include relevant holdings inside funds, while recognizing that a broad index also contains businesses with other sources of earnings.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026
That might include tougher regulations or new incentives targeting pollution from cars, trucks and other transportation sources.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
The pipelines are only used occasionally but give the U.K. greater flexibility to tap gas from other sources in times of high demand, such as severe winters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
So when, in 1651, Pascal drafted an introduction to his unfinished treatise on the vacuum he started by distinguishing two sources of knowledge: reason and authority.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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Seeds were sourced from London's last remaining tower mustard populations in Lesnes Abbey Woods in Bexley and Stain Hill Reservoir in Richmond-upon-Thames.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
Backed by Oprah Winfrey, True Food Kitchen says it serves nutrient-dense meals including pasta, salads and chicken dishes with thoughtfully sourced ingredients.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
Their letter didn’t elaborate on how such a tool might work, but German officials suggested it could involve a cap on the percentage of certain products that can be sourced from a single country.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
But currently, around 83% of India's finance for climate mitigation is sourced domestically, according to the government's economic survey.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
As Elisha sourced a crew and supplies for his upcoming Arctic expedition, “examining recruits, inventing cooking stoves, pricing rounds of beef,” he was often on the road.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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The United States also has made sourcing rare earths and improving its energy mix key parts of its foreign policy.
From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026
Lower inventory exposure, broader sourcing in Indonesia, and higher gold prices should improve the segment’s margin, the analyst says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
Taylor Farms suspended sourcing and production of iceberg lettuce from central Mexico in July.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
And even companies known for vertical integration, like Tesla, are sourcing their components from outside the U.S.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026
Her people, of several shapes and sizes, sourcing from an amalgam of many human races of divergent strains from several near-forgotten planets, all sighed together, like a little wind of sadness.
From The Dark Goddess by Richard Sharpe Shaver
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