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stuffing

[stuhf-ing] / ˈstʌf ɪŋ /
NOUN
material used to pad
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NOUN
material used to stuff fowl, fish, etc.
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NOUN
innards
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So he began typing up a summary of the top headlines and stuffing copies in people’s mailboxes.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2026

But for others, it has turned into an opportunity to flex their money-saving muscles — even to the point of stuffing socks and underwear in those holiday baskets.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 2, 2026

When I was a kid, packing for sleepaway camp, I’d load up a Kindle with books to avoid stuffing my duffels even more.

From Slate • Mar. 8, 2026

That’s when Ms. Nichter, who is Jewish, observed passengers around her ripping apart their Israeli passports, stuffing the larger scraps into sickness bags while chewing and swallowing the smaller pieces.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026

Bubbe usually takes over our kitchen and cooks turkey, chestnut stuffing, mashed potatoes, two types of pie, and Jewish apple cake.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan




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