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vegetarian

[vej-i-tair-ee-uhn] / ˌvɛdʒ ɪˈtɛər i ən /
ADJECTIVE
plant-eating
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The single person, or the lone vegetarian in a house full of carnivores, might not eat a whole pot of soup in one sitting.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

This, alas, includes me: After freaking out a little about my salad order from earlier this week, I switched to steaming-hot vegetarian noodles from a neighborhood Chinese shop.

From Slate Jul. 17, 2026

Uzma thought she didn't like meat or was perhaps a vegetarian, so went out to speak to her.

From BBC Jul. 16, 2026

And here’s why: The first truly memorable marinated beans I ever ate arrived in a shallow white bowl at a vegetarian Mediterranean restaurant near Adams Morgan in Washington, D.C.

From Salon Jun. 16, 2026

At ten, when her mother fretted about her picky eating, wondering if she might be anemic, Izzy declared herself a vegetarian.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng

For vegetarians, you can get your protein from lentils, nuts, milk, tofu and cheese too.

From BBC Jul. 8, 2026

Despite decades of research, vitamin B12 deficiency remains common, particularly among older adults, vegans, vegetarians and people with conditions that affect absorption.

From Science Daily Jun. 25, 2026

In the same vein, if you have a decent number of vegetarians joining you, put together a separate fund for protein.

From MarketWatch Jun. 11, 2026

They’re vegetarians: They eat grass, alfalfa, cassava, sweet potato, carrots, beets, and, at the zoo, a commercial feed.

From Slate May 27, 2026

Similarly, hippos, as four-ton vegetarians, would be great barnyard animals if they weren’t so dangerous.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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