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yeast

[yeest] / yist /
NOUN
leaven
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NOUN
foam
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NOUN
rising agent
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Other popular brands include Marmite yeast extract and Colman’s mustard.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

Most nectar samples contained only trace amounts, likely produced by yeast fermenting sugars.

From Science Daily • Mar. 25, 2026

For that sugar to then ferment and produce alcohol, the person giving the sample would also need to have a yeast infection, she wrote.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026

After growing its proprietary enzymes in a yeast media, Samsara Eco passes plastics over them in stainless-steel vats.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

He measured out flour and lard and milk and yeast and was putting it all in a bowl when it occurred to him it might be okay to turn on the radio, very softly.

From "Among the Hidden" by Margaret Peterson Haddix