yeast
Example Sentences
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Perhaps the best-known examples of fermentation are in baking and brewing, where yeast breaks down sugar into ethanol and carbon dioxide.
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026
It is too early to say whether the yeast is harming the mummy, Sarhan said, calling for more research.
From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026
"If you tell anyone you have yeast, they immediately ask: can we use it for bread?"
From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026
Frydman's lab has spent years studying how cells maintain proteostasis in simpler organisms such as yeast and roundworms.
From Science Daily • May 29, 2026
Kate heard about it from Ethel, and she confronted him in the kitchen where he was kneading bread, his hairy big arms floured to the elbows and his hands yeast bleached.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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