poultry

Definition of poultrynext
as in red meat

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Recent Examples of poultry First made popular in the late 1800s, burgoo typically includes a variety of fresh vegetables and a mixture of mutton, beef, pork, or poultry. Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 25 Apr. 2026 Interest in her field exploded in the late 1990s and again in the mid-aughts when the H5N1 bird flu virus began infecting and killing mass numbers of poultry in China and other parts of Southeast Asia — and infecting and killing some people as well. Helen Branswell, STAT, 25 Apr. 2026 Secondly, shortly after this poultry product made its way onto the ice, the Oilers would give up two late goals in the third period to give Anaheim the win and a 1-1 series split heading back to Southern California. Austin Perry Outkick, FOXNews.com, 23 Apr. 2026 The department said that there are no commercial poultry or dairy cattle operations within a 10-kilometer radius of the flock. Dan Raby, CBS News, 20 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for poultry
Recent Examples of Synonyms for poultry
Noun
  • The Charlotte Observer spoke to North Carolina doctors about how to mitigate your colon cancer risk by eating less red meat, less ultraprocessed food and more fiber.
    Eva Flowe April 28, Charlotte Observer, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Some ticks are infected with germs that can cause serious diseases, including Lyme disease, Rocky Mountain spotted fever and alpha-gal syndrome, a red meat allergy.
    ABC News, ABC News, 25 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Beyond sandwiches, other offerings include tiramisu, meat and cheese boards, and drinks like aperol spritz.
    Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Scientists are conducting studies to learn more about the potential risk to people who hunt or eat deer or elk meat, for example, by determining if they are diagnosed with prion diseases more often than people who do not.
    Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 28 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The irony of the baseball game did not escape me, the two of us sitting next to each other, enjoying America’s pastime together, the way a father and son might do.
    Cressida Leyshon, New Yorker, 26 Apr. 2026
  • Plummer, who came into the game completing 70 percent of his passes in the first four games, was not himself.
    Chris Hays, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • In the flesh, diamond* is to himself, with diamonds literally studded into his forehead.
    Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Emin’s masterpiece thumbed its nose at a tradition of recumbent feminine flesh on tousled white sheets (think Titian’s Venus of Urbino, Manet’s Olympia, or any number of bosomy Lucian Freud nudes).
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Meanwhile, through February, pork and pork variety meat exports accounted for 31 percent of all U.S. production, according to the U.S. Meat Export Federation.
    Fox News, Fox News, 24 June 2020
  • Hispanic shoppers are almost three times as likely as the overall population to buy variety meats, according to market-research firm Nielsen.
    Benjamin Parkin, WSJ, 6 Sep. 2018

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“Poultry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/poultry. Accessed 2 May. 2026.

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