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vanilla

[vuh-nil-uh, -nel-uh] / vəˈnɪl ə, -ˈnɛl ə /


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You can’t help but pull over and wander through the scratch-and-sniff trees, their bark releasing the scent of vanilla and butterscotch.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

Then came the order in which a request for Panko breadcrumbs was fulfilled with a box of vanilla wafers.

From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2026

Starting in 1990 as a transport company, Ravatomanga's Sodiat Group expanded into a sprawling conglomerate spanning automotive distribution, aviation, private security, media, construction, healthcare, real estate, hospitality, tourism and Madagascar's lucrative vanilla trade.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

‘It can sound a little vanilla and dull, but … doing the tried and true things is what it’s really all about.’

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026

Before she can chuck a vanilla wafer at me.

From "The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle" by Leslie Connor

Consumer Reports' trained testers recently tried 13 vanillas and 11 chocolates with varying amounts of fat.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 20, 2010

Superpremium makers and feeders might take butterfat for thought from a test of 28 vanillas run a couple of Sundays ago by the Washington Star.

From Time Magazine Archive


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