How to Use betel nut in a Sentence
betel nut
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Chewing betel nuts is a cultural practice in parts of Southeast Asia.
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Elizabeth Rayne,
ArsTechnica,
19 Aug. 2025
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These men were sitting quite still in the late-afternoon heat, catching a break next to a stall that sells paan, a mixture of ground betel nut and flavorings.
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Diaa Hadid,
NPR,
6 Aug. 2025
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Why there was only one individual who showed evidence of betel nut chewing is still a mystery.
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Elizabeth Rayne,
ArsTechnica,
19 Aug. 2025
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As each night progressed, ashtrays piled up and bags of betel nuts emptied; every once in a while, Bi’s assistant passed him a glass of milk for nutrition.
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Dennis Zhou,
New Yorker,
12 Dec. 2025
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Critically, the ancient teeth from betel nut chewers are distinguishable because of red staining.
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Elizabeth Rayne,
ArsTechnica,
19 Aug. 2025
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Archaeologists have mostly found evidence for betel nut chewing in ancient times through easily visible stains and fragments of betel leaves and nuts in teeth.
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Elizabeth Rayne,
ArsTechnica,
19 Aug. 2025
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Papua New Guinea, where half of the population's nine million people frequently chew betel nut, now has the world's highest incidence of oral cancer.
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New Atlas,
4 Aug. 2025
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Because chewing tobacco with betel nuts is more of a modern practice, its absence from the archaeological samples was expected.
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Elizabeth Rayne,
ArsTechnica,
19 Aug. 2025
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According to Science, this implies that a paste was deliberately applied, rather than the staining being a byproduct of chewing betel nuts for a euphoric high.
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Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Feb. 2026
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In an unprecedented investigation, Moonkham and his research team decided to look for biological traces of betel nuts in dental plaque.
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Elizabeth Rayne,
ArsTechnica,
19 Aug. 2025
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Traces of arecoline, a stimulant exclusively found in betel nuts, were present in all the reference samples and in three archaeological samples that came from the unstained teeth of a woman.
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Elizabeth Rayne,
ArsTechnica,
19 Aug. 2025
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In Taiwan, government health campaigns have seen a drop in use, particularly among younger generations in urban areas, but the betel nut is steeped in the island's history.
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New Atlas,
4 Aug. 2025
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Of the 36 samples of dental calculus scraped from ancient teeth, three samples – each from a different molar – had molecular signatures matching the team's reference (control) for betel nut.
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New Atlas,
4 Aug. 2025
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As the humid jumble of roaring motorcycles and bubble-tea shops vanishes behind me, knotted electrical wires make way for betel nut plantations and clotheslines in small-town backyards that straddle railroad tracks first built for loggers.
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Chris Schalkx,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 Feb. 2020
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What the evidence does prove is that betel nut chewing was practiced by at least some people in Bronze Age Thailand, adding to other, often more visible ancient evidence of the practice across Southeast Asia.
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Elizabeth Rayne,
ArsTechnica,
19 Aug. 2025
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