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Diners can enjoy homemade pasta like beef cheek fusilli or hearty entrees like the brick chicken scarpariello.—Erin Hassanzadeh, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026 Penne, fusilli, or shells would also be good choices.—Martha Stewart, 5 Feb. 2026 Expect Marea’s beloved crudi, octopus and bone marrow fusilli, alongside new local creations like Dungeness crab pappardelle and branzino tartare.—Melinda Sheckells, HollywoodReporter, 12 Nov. 2025 Its three-course special menu teases braised short ribs and branzino, or European sea bass, as well as shrimp tagliatelle and wild mushroom fusilli.—Miguel Otárola, The Denver Post, 6 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for fusilli
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Etymology
borrowed from Italian, plural of fusillo (originally in southern dialects, as Altamura—Puglia—fusillë), diminutive of fuso "spindle," going back to Latin fūsus, of obscure origin