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tenderloin

[ten-der-loin] / ˈtɛn dərˌlɔɪn /
NOUN
skid row
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I’ve served it with skirt steak, pork tenderloin, salmon, eggplant-driven pasta alla Norma and risotto made with fresh, ripe Jersey tomatoes.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 2, 2026

Fried foods featured in my quiz included the fried pork tenderloin sandwich, which was popularized in Indiana.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 28, 2026

I hard-seared the thick boneless pork chops from this bundle — which also includes a shoulder, St. Louis ribs, and a tenderloin — almost like a steak, and wow.

From Salon Dec. 4, 2025

After graduating in 2011, he debuted the Ooo-We! sauce, a “sweet, spicy, saucy glaze” that he said pairs well with everything from eggs to pork tenderloin.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 5, 2025

“When the waiter came to take our orders, he said it so smoothly—‘oh, but you do realize that tenderloin is pork, don’t you, Portnoy?

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

After the outstanding performance, the researchers measured the biosensor's practicality using pork tenderloins purchased from a supermarket.

From Science Daily Feb. 20, 2024

“For the food, serve a few pork tenderloins instead of a big beef cut. It’s delicious, easy to cook and very cost-efficient,” said Ms. Hannon, who owns a kitchen boutique shop.

From Washington Times Dec. 20, 2022

The concept is as simple as it is effective: Hunters bring their excess harvest to one of seven participating butcher shops, where the deer are dressed and frozen into roasts, steaks, tenderloins and ground meat.

From New York Times Nov. 24, 2021

“More unusual were the labels torn from the front of meat packages — tenderloins, rump roasts, for example — and pasted to the inside of one kitchen cabinet.”

From Washington Post Sep. 21, 2021

E-tuk-i-shook and Ah-we-lah regarded fox hams as quite a delicacy—a delicacy which I never willingly shared when there were musk tenderloins about.

From My Attainment of the Pole by Frederick A. Cook




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