How to Use soybean in a Sentence

soybean

noun
  • Young soybeans are called edamame.
    — Carrie Madormo, Verywell Health, 16 June 2026
  • The corn stands tall, and the soybeans are green and lush.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2025
  • Three years ago, a bushel of soybeans sold for about $14.
    — Laura Schulte, jsonline.com, 5 Jan. 2026
  • Edamame Edamame are young soybeans served boiled or steamed in their pods.
    — Chelsea Rae Bourgeois, Rdn, Health, 13 Mar. 2025
  • First, soybeans are soaked and ground with water, to make soy milk.
    — Shauna Lyon, The New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2023
  • Watch for the prints on oil, iron, steel, copper and soybeans.
    — Bloomberg.com, 21 Apr. 2018
  • Most of the revenue on the farm still comes from the corn and soybean crops.
    — Karen Ann Cullotta, chicagotribune.com, 28 Oct. 2021
  • Costs, such as equipment, have crept up over time while soybean prices have stayed low.
    — ABC News, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Costs, such as equipment, have crept up over time while soybean prices have stayed low.
    — ABC News, 12 Apr. 2026
  • The smell that hung in the air was a mixture of soybean paste, fish sauce, sesame oil.
    — Angella Choe, Los Angeles Times, 14 Nov. 2022
  • Legumes are a protein source that is in beans, lentils, peanuts, peas, and soybeans.
    — Ahjané Forbes, USA TODAY, 21 Sep. 2024
  • They are found in foods such as egg yolks, soybeans, wheat germ, peanuts, and liver.
    — James Powel, USA Today, 15 June 2026
  • The others are milk, eggs, fish, tree nuts, peanuts, wheat, soybeans and sesame.
    — Matthew Robinson, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Bland grows rice and soybeans on about 2,000 acres.
    — Drew Hawkins, NPR, 25 Apr. 2026
  • He's traded soybeans for corn in an attempt to eat the cost.
    — Adam Duxter, CBS News, 21 Feb. 2026
  • There’s the rolling hills, plus trees, a couple of ponds, and no corn or soybeans on site.
    — Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2020
  • From here, the soybean might take one of several paths.
    — Gary McGuigan, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • By the end of their run, only corn and soybeans were profitable.
    — Matt Alderton, USA Today, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Edamame Edamame, or young soybeans, are a type of legume, like beans, lentils, and peas.
    — Johna Burdeos, Health, 8 Oct. 2024
  • Some of the soybeans are processed into oil for biodiesel but most end up as hog feed.
    — Kirk Siegler, NPR, 14 Mar. 2025
  • Steel and lumber prices, as well as corn, cheese and soybean prices, have hit all-time highs, too.
    — Dom Difurio, Dallas News, 20 May 2021
  • Most tofu is made out of soybean milk that’s boiled, curdled, and then pressed.
    — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 5 Oct. 2020
  • The price of soybean meal to hog and poultry growers will rise even if crops are fine here.
    — Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 15 Mar. 2026
  • Prices for soybeans, corn and wheat all fell yesterday.
    — Jason Ma, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2025
  • China is the world's largest buyer of soybeans.
    — Democrat-Gazette Stafffrom Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 1 Jan. 2026
  • China is the world’s largest buyer of soybeans.
    — Josh Funk, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2026
  • His family farmed beef, sheep, corn, and soybeans.
    — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 20 Aug. 2025
  • There is a new king of soybeans on the American farm—for now.
    — Patrick Thomas, WSJ, 17 Sep. 2023
  • Pump jacks nod up and down in nearby fields of soybeans and alfalfa.
    — Mark Olalde, ProPublica, 6 May 2024
  • Made with yam root and soybean curd, the sturdy noodles are scored along one side to help grip the sauce.
    — Eric Velasco, al, 21 Jan. 2020

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