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Recent Examples of tenderloin
From home cooks to recipe developers, social media feeds have filled up over the past few months with people purchasing large slabs of uncut meat -- beef tenderloin, New York strip loin and ribeye -- from Costco and breaking it down at home to cut it into individual portions.
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Kelly McCarthy, ABC News, 6 Mar. 2026
Expect a rustic, generously sized tenderloin served on a classic bun, the kind of no-nonsense sandwich that feels right at home in a century-old mom-and-pop setting.
—Susan Stapleton, Des Moines Register, 4 Mar. 2026
News of the outfielder’s (alleged) positive PED test and his (pending) full-season suspension hit with all the tenderness of a two-buck tenderloin.
—Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 4 Mar. 2026
This easy pork tenderloin dish takes cues from teriyaki and tastes best if marinated well in advance of cooking.
—The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Feb. 2026
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Kelly McCarthy, ABC News, 6 Mar. 2026
Expect a rustic, generously sized tenderloin served on a classic bun, the kind of no-nonsense sandwich that feels right at home in a century-old mom-and-pop setting.
—Susan Stapleton, Des Moines Register, 4 Mar. 2026
News of the outfielder’s (alleged) positive PED test and his (pending) full-season suspension hit with all the tenderness of a two-buck tenderloin.
—Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 4 Mar. 2026
This easy pork tenderloin dish takes cues from teriyaki and tastes best if marinated well in advance of cooking.
—The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tenderloin
Noun
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The second bedroom has two walk-in closets and its own en-suite bath, while the third bedroom can function as flexible bonus space — office, den or guest room.—
David Caraccio,
Sacbee.com,
31 Mar. 2026
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Wolves typically establish their dens in April, limiting their movement.—
Meg Wingerter,
Denver Post,
30 Mar. 2026
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De Wet claims Olivier then ordered him to dispose of their bodies in a pigsty — an act prosecutors believe was meant to destroy evidence.—
Christina Coulter,
People.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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Regard your property as an investment in a pigsty, and visitors will treat it thus.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
3 Apr. 2025
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Rainn Wilson, the actor who portrayed him, has a pigpen.—
Rachel Davies,
Architectural Digest,
3 Mar. 2026
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If the Hogs couldn’t win the day in their pigpen, with Bryce Young sidelined since the second quarter with a sprained shoulder, after scoring 23 straight points in the midst of a rare, extended Alabama meltdown, will this ridiculous streak ever end?—
Kevin Scarbinsky | Special to AL.com,
al,
2 Oct. 2022
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But the arc — first raising expectations for a big reveal, then declaring there was nothing to see, and ultimately a forced, flawed document dump — was a stubbornly problematic storyline that ran through her time as attorney general.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
3 Apr. 2026
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Dill radioed up instructions on the best time for that dump, and all was well.—
Tariq Malik,
Space.com,
2 Apr. 2026
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These improvements amount to little more than empty symbolic gestures when our parks immediately revert to looking like cesspools.—
Rafael Perez,
Daily News,
16 Jan. 2026
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The United States' 20-year attempt to stand up democracy in Afghanistan descended into a cesspool of corruption and squandered as much as $29.2 billion in waste, fraud and abuse in pursuit of unrealistic goals, according to a government watchdog report released on Dec. 3.—
Cybele Mayes-Osterman,
USA Today,
3 Dec. 2025
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“Tenderloin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tenderloin. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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