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a starchy and demanding teacher
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Then, comes the intimacy: Touching it, forming the bite-sized balls that become the lightly sweet and wonderfully starchy vehicle for sauces, vegetables, proteins.
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Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 25 June 2024
These strep bacteria eat sugars from starchy foods, such as roots, seeds and tubers.
—Kate Wong, Scientific American, 25 June 2024
Canada can still be uptight, but there was a real starchy colonial residue to the place then, an irrelevant clung-to Britishness, and a severe case of tall-poppy syndrome.
—Madeline Leung Coleman, Vulture, 15 May 2024
That rang true for Valentine, who had a bad day with his corn soup showing, and the judges just couldn’t get past its thick, starchy consistency.
—Rachel Bernhard, Journal Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2024
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Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 25 June 2024
These strep bacteria eat sugars from starchy foods, such as roots, seeds and tubers.
—Kate Wong, Scientific American, 25 June 2024
Canada can still be uptight, but there was a real starchy colonial residue to the place then, an irrelevant clung-to Britishness, and a severe case of tall-poppy syndrome.
—Madeline Leung Coleman, Vulture, 15 May 2024
That rang true for Valentine, who had a bad day with his corn soup showing, and the judges just couldn’t get past its thick, starchy consistency.
—Rachel Bernhard, Journal Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2024
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“Starchy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/starchy. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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starchy
adjective
starchier; starchiest
1
: containing, consisting of, or resembling starch
starchy foods
2
: consisting of or marked by formality or stiffness
starchiness
noun
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