red meat

Definition of red meatnext
as in poultry

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Recent Examples of red meat Trade butter for olive oil, choose fish over red meat several times a week and fill half the plate with vegetables. Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 29 June 2026 Although there is no cure for alpha-gal syndrome, avoiding red meat and dairy products and using an epinephrine injection as an emergency could be necessary when life-threatening symptoms occur. Omer Awan, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026 These bites can cause serious, sometimes deadly diseases, including Lyme disease, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, and, increasingly, alpha-gal syndrome (also known as red meat allergy) and Powassan disease. Kate Wong, Scientific American, 22 June 2026 The Department of Health and Human Services has also revised its Dietary Guidelines for Americans, putting an emphasis on protein-heavy foods, such as red meat and full-fat dairy. Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 21 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for red meat
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Noun
  • Prices hit record highs last year amid an avian flu outbreak that decimated the country's poultry flocks.
    Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 30 June 2026
  • In Georgia, chicken farmers are beleaguered by bedbugs, which have hopped from hotel rooms to poultry farms, and from there to workers’ homes.
    Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • China is the third-largest market for American pigs and the biggest market for variety meats (pig feet, livers and hearts), which most Americans do not eat.
    The Economist, The Economist, 19 Apr. 2018
Noun
  • The Red Sox and Nationals turned a regular June game into the biggest baseball brawl of the season after Boston hothead Willson Contreras completely lost it.
    Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 1 July 2026
  • The Dodgers are in the midst of playing 13 games in 13 days, and Roberts wanted to make sure that the Japanese sensation got a break.
    CBS News, CBS News, 1 July 2026

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