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Examples of chicken feed in a Sentence
The project cost almost a million dollars, which isn't exactly chicken feed.
Ten bucks? That's chicken feed!
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Meijer Food Recalls: Full List of Products Impacted Marburg Bat Virus With 88% Fatality Rate Has Spread to Another Country
The flock was likely infected when wild birds came into contact with the chicken feed used on the farm.
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John Yoo and John Shu, Newsweek, 23 Jan. 2025
In contrast, chicken feed is made up of corn and soybeans, whose fertilizer, pesticides, and soil additives all rack up carbon-dioxide emissions.
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Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 8 Jan. 2025
There’s big money to be had on a day when most Americans are engaging in some serious co-viewing, and Netflix’s initial bid of $150 million will probably look like chicken feed in 10 years’ time.
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Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2019
For a state with fewer than one million people, that’s not chicken feed.
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Chris Dorsey, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1834, in the meaning defined above
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“Chicken feed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chicken%20feed. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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