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Recent Examples of breadbasket
Now a budding community of artisans — young farmers, bakers, vintners, distillers — is turning the region into a modern breadbasket.
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Aaron Hicklin, Travel + Leisure, 8 Sep. 2024
What supplies do cross the border are often subject to diversion or looting, while the RSF’s rampages across Sudan’s breadbasket regions contribute to the food shortages.
—Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 29 July 2024
The powerhouses of Ukraine, Poland, and Bulgaria—Europe’s breadbaskets—would also be dealing with less rain, colder weather, and severe losses of income from the crash of their ag industry.
—Sandra Upson, WIRED, 25 July 2024
That need may be more acute in remote, rural or mountainous regions, often populated by vulnerable elderly populations and with fewer resources, as well as provinces not historically prone to severe flooding, like in China’s northeastern breadbasket, which endured extreme rains last year.
—Simone McCarthy, CNN, 22 July 2024
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Aaron Hicklin, Travel + Leisure, 8 Sep. 2024
What supplies do cross the border are often subject to diversion or looting, while the RSF’s rampages across Sudan’s breadbasket regions contribute to the food shortages.
—Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 29 July 2024
The powerhouses of Ukraine, Poland, and Bulgaria—Europe’s breadbaskets—would also be dealing with less rain, colder weather, and severe losses of income from the crash of their ag industry.
—Sandra Upson, WIRED, 25 July 2024
That need may be more acute in remote, rural or mountainous regions, often populated by vulnerable elderly populations and with fewer resources, as well as provinces not historically prone to severe flooding, like in China’s northeastern breadbasket, which endured extreme rains last year.
—Simone McCarthy, CNN, 22 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for breadbasket
Noun
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In the video, Gomez could be seen posing on the carpet and occasionally placing her hands in front of her stomach.Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 5 Nov. 2024
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Follow your gut like a cow with four stomachs, but don’t always trust your gut.Viktoria Shulevich, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
Noun
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During the procedure, the boys' abdomens were closed and rebuilt, using layers of mesh and plastic surgery techniques to stabilize each one, according to the hospital.Brian Brant, People.com, 12 Oct. 2024
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For an abdomen ultrasound, your provider may recommend fasting (not eating) for up to 12 hours.Carrie Madormo, RN, MPH, Verywell Health, 27 Sep. 2024
Noun
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BBLs involve taking fat from some sections of the body—usually around the belly—and redistributing it to the bottom, hips and thighs to create an hourglass figure and large buttocks.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 7 Nov. 2024
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In the post, Matlin's older daughter walked past her, and then the actress took her daughter’s wrist and pulled her closer, rubbing her growing belly.Hannah Sacks, People.com, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Breadbasket.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/breadbasket. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.
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