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On a recent Wednesday evening, Anastasia and James helped Liam to a slice of pepperoni pizza before serving themselves.—Kate Talerico, The Mercury News, 28 Nov. 2024 And the pepperoni pizza with salsa macha and a drizzle of honey from Pronghorn Pizza at Dos Cabezas WineWorks in Sonoita is genius.—Becky Bartkowski, The Arizona Republic, 25 Nov. 2024 Many pizza toppings like pepperoni or sausage are high in saturated fats.—Carrie Madormo, Rn, Mph, Verywell Health, 27 Sep. 2024 For example, there’s pepperoni, jalapeno, hot honey and ranch marinara in the pizza rolls at The Corner Store.—Andy Wang, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for pepperoni
Word History
Etymology
Italian peperoni cayenne peppers, plural of peperone, augmentative of pepe pepper, from Latin piper — more at pepper
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