as in cheese
that which is of low quality or worth
it's shocking that an esteemed newspaper like this one would publish such tripe
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However, raw tripe or tripe that has not been cleaned well can contain disease-causing organisms, such as Escherichia coli (E. coli).21
While tripe is typically cooked for human consumption, raw pet foods may contain raw (green) tripe.
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Lauren O'Connor, Ms, Health, 29 Sep. 2024
Raw tripe is untreated and may be more likely to have cross-contamination.
—Lauren O'Connor, Ms, Health, 29 Sep. 2024
The new culinary wave began about 10 years ago, going beyond bouillabaisse and pieds paquets (stewed lamb’s feet and tripe).
—Julia Sammut With Benjamin Kemper, Saveur, 3 July 2024
Felicity Blunt’s odd way of making potatoes and the time Meryl Streep dug into a plate of tripe sausage that apparently looked a lot like a horse phallus.
—Shannon Carlin, TIME, 15 July 2024
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Lauren O'Connor, Ms, Health, 29 Sep. 2024
Raw tripe is untreated and may be more likely to have cross-contamination.
—Lauren O'Connor, Ms, Health, 29 Sep. 2024
The new culinary wave began about 10 years ago, going beyond bouillabaisse and pieds paquets (stewed lamb’s feet and tripe).
—Julia Sammut With Benjamin Kemper, Saveur, 3 July 2024
Felicity Blunt’s odd way of making potatoes and the time Meryl Streep dug into a plate of tripe sausage that apparently looked a lot like a horse phallus.
—Shannon Carlin, TIME, 15 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tripe
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Sprinkle with cheese, cover, and cook 5 minutes longer until cheese has melted and rice is tender.—
Elizabeth Nelson,
Southern Living,
27 Apr. 2025
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At Santa Ana’s new Le Hut Dinette, the latest project from San Juan Capistrano’s Heritage Barbecue, seven-day pastrami slides into gooey melty sandwiches and brisket goes into piles of chili cheese fries.—
Stephanie Breijo,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Apr. 2025
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As a result of these reentries, however, the amount of space junk burning up in the upper layers of the atmosphere is increasing, which worries some atmospheric scientists.—
Tereza Pultarova,
Space.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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What about that wily junk dealer, or the creepy cemetery?—
Kevin Purdy,
ArsTechnica,
5 Apr. 2025
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The site was first excavated beginning in 1995, and in 2018, scientists began collecting, analyzing and radiocarbon dating fossils unearthed from El Gigante rubbish piles.—
GrrlScientist,
Forbes,
13 Mar. 2025
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Last year, a dumpster diver in Hudson, New York, stumbled upon an extraordinary find: An 18th-century pen-and-ink sketch by English portraitist George Romney was hidden amid the rubbish.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
28 Feb. 2025
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“Tripe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tripe. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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