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a rod-shaped portion of seasoned ground meat in a casing
a couple of sausages and eggs make a good breakfast
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Recent Examples of sausage
Try a spicy Italian chicken sausage for more heat, or add some hot sauce at the end of cooking.
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Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 10 Jan. 2025
Chicken sausage, butternut squash, white beans, bacon, and kale combine in a creamy but light broth to make a hearty meal that won’t weigh you down.
—Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 10 Jan. 2025
In a medium skillet, cook sausage, breaking it into crumbles.
—Kelly Brant, arkansasonline.com, 7 Jan. 2025
There are noodles, collard greens, white beans and andouille sausage, which sizzles and gives off its smoke and spice to all that stuff.
—Ali Slagle, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2025
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Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 10 Jan. 2025
Chicken sausage, butternut squash, white beans, bacon, and kale combine in a creamy but light broth to make a hearty meal that won’t weigh you down.
—Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 10 Jan. 2025
In a medium skillet, cook sausage, breaking it into crumbles.
—Kelly Brant, arkansasonline.com, 7 Jan. 2025
There are noodles, collard greens, white beans and andouille sausage, which sizzles and gives off its smoke and spice to all that stuff.
—Ali Slagle, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sausage
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Most of their lunches consist of a simple sandwich—two pieces of white bread with a few slices of bologna—plus an apple.—
Doug Melville,
Forbes,
9 Jan. 2025
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Oscar Mayer sold a total of 45,000 tons of bologna last year.—
Maxwell Millington,
Axios,
8 Dec. 2024
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Then trade wiener, butt, and fart jokes with my boys at the dinner table much to my wife’s chagrin.—
Matt Samet,
Outside Online,
3 Jan. 2025
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And Hayden has always brought the pathetic into her performance of that little wiener kid.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
22 Nov. 2024
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More than a dozen high-quality studies have since found no evidence of a link between childhood vaccines and autism.—
Mary Kekatos,
ABC News,
29 Jan. 2025
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The claim: Fraternal Order of Police rescinded Trump endorsement after Jan. 6 pardons A Jan. 23 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) claims a leading police union took significant action in response to President Donald Trump’s decision to pardon Jan. 6 rioters.—
Chris Mueller,
USA TODAY,
29 Jan. 2025
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Enjoy specialty wine pairings with treats like chocolates and wursts.—
Roger Sands,
Forbes,
6 Dec. 2024
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So, light the flares, pocket those tennis balls, get your wurst cooking and… Auf gehts!—
Sebastian Stafford-Bloor,
The Athletic,
20 Aug. 2024
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“Sausage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sausage. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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