How to Use soybean in a Sentence

soybean

noun
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  • Most of the revenue on the farm still comes from the corn and soybean crops.
    — Karen Ann Cullotta, chicagotribune.com, 28 Oct. 2021
  • The smell that hung in the air was a mixture of soybean paste, fish sauce, sesame oil.
    — Angella Choe, Los Angeles Times, 14 Nov. 2022
  • The Midwest grows most of the nation’s corn and soybeans.
    — Scott McFetridge, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2023
  • Edamame Edamame is the name for immature soybeans still in the pod.
    — Lauren Manaker, Verywell Health, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Edamame Edamame, or young soybeans, are a type of legume, like beans, lentils, and peas.
    — Johna Burdeos, Health, 8 Oct. 2024
  • The soybean crop is 16 days ahead of last year and eight days ahead of the average.
    — Adam Belz, Star Tribune, 22 Sep. 2020
  • There is a new king of soybeans on the American farm—for now.
    — Patrick Thomas, WSJ, 17 Sep. 2023
  • Legumes are a protein source that is in beans, lentils, peanuts, peas, and soybeans.
    — Ahjané Forbes, USA TODAY, 21 Sep. 2024
  • First, soybeans are soaked and ground with water, to make soy milk.
    — Shauna Lyon, The New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2023
  • Huy My, a rice and soybean farmer, was more than 60 years old himself.
    — Megan Burrow and Nhung Nguyen, USA TODAY, 28 Mar. 2023
  • In the past five years of corn and soybean futures prices, there were no instances of this kind of wild price move.
    — M. Todd Henderson, WSJ, 15 June 2022
  • Despite the labels, many are mixed with corn and soybean.
    — Health, 27 Feb. 2023
  • Steel and lumber prices, as well as corn, cheese and soybean prices, have hit all-time highs, too.
    — Dom Difurio, Dallas News, 20 May 2021
  • Brazil is the No. 1 soybean and the No. 2 corn exporter globally.
    — Elizabeth Elkin, Bloomberg.com, 31 Mar. 2022
  • The money will be used to purchase about 800 acres in Lonoke County for a row crop rice and soybean farm to lease, the trustees learned.
    — Michael R. Wickline, Arkansas Online, 26 Sep. 2023
  • The answer is a mix of soybean meal and non-sulfured molasses.
    — Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 18 June 2020
  • Most tofu is made out of soybean milk that’s boiled, curdled, and then pressed.
    — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 5 Oct. 2020
  • By contrast, just 11% of the state's corn and soybean crops are in very poor or poor condition.
    — Kristen Leigh Painter, Star Tribune, 28 June 2021
  • Most of the drift damage has occurred in soybean crops, which are prominent in the east.
    — The Arizona Republic, 10 Feb. 2024
  • Wheat and soybean futures have fallen about 15% this month, while corn has dropped 13%.
    — Michael Hirtzer, Fortune, 27 June 2022
  • Hogs and chickens eat corn and soybean meal, which is more expensive because of the war in Ukraine.
    — Dallas News, 20 June 2022
  • Sweet and gingery if a little gloopy, with soybean halves floating around to keep you on your toes.
    — Alex Beggs, Bon Appétit, 26 Aug. 2022
  • The bees also oil seeds in other crops, such as corn and soybean, Mulica said.
    — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 21 Aug. 2021
  • Corn, wheat, and soybean yields would all decline by more than 11 percent over five years.
    — Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic, 9 Mar. 2022
  • Pump jacks nod up and down in nearby fields of soybeans and alfalfa.
    — Mark Olalde, ProPublica, 6 May 2024
  • Tim Steier was among those who took his combine to Legried’s farm to harvest a section of his soybean field.
    — Cathy Free, Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2022
  • The street, about the length of a high school track, separates a vast Walmart parking lot from a field of soybean stubble.
    — New York Times, 24 Mar. 2022
  • Cattle and soybeans are farmed on the surrounding land, and catfish are raised in the nearby lakes.
    — Meridith Edwards, CNN, 6 Aug. 2023
  • At the height of the Cold War, the U.S. government decided to start banking seeds for staples such as corn and soybeans.
    — Ali Martin, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Oct. 2024
  • Legumes Speaking of soy, soybeans—like edamame, the immature form of the bean—are also rich in magnesium.
    — Caroline Tien, SELF, 3 Oct. 2024

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