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being such as found in nature and not altered by processing or refining unprocessed foods that still have much of their original flavor

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Recent Examples of unprocessed Eating whole, unprocessed food can reduce your risk of cardiovascular disease. Sarah Bonnema, Charlotte Observer, 12 May 2025 Typically, healthy, unprocessed foods, such as lean meats, fruits and vegetables, legumes, nuts, quinoa, popcorn, low-fat dairy products, and more, will be the most satisfying. Julie Marks, Verywell Health, 9 May 2025 Nutrition experts generally recommend getting protein from whole, unprocessed sources like beans, poultry, fish, yogurt, eggs and nuts. Alice Callahan, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2025 At its core, self-sabotage is the mind’s way of protecting itself from unresolved fears, limiting beliefs and emotional triggers—unprocessed emotional and mental baggage that lives beneath the surface. Katy Gala, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for unprocessed
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Adjective
  • In energy trading, U.S. benchmark crude oil added 64 cents to $62.59 per barrel.
    Matt Ott, Chicago Tribune, 13 May 2025
  • Sixty percent of the crude oil imported from the United States in 2022 came from Canada, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
    Vjosa Isai, New York Times, 12 May 2025
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  • Thus, the founder set about building a line of functional, luxurious yet functional, holistic, and natural pet lifestyle products.
    Malana VanTyler, USA Today, 22 May 2025
  • The rugged limestone walls reached to a ceiling with natural skylights, from which aerial roots of ficus trees hung like decorative drapery.
    Erik Trinidad, Travel + Leisure, 21 May 2025
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  • Those products, along with raw construction materials, have been hit by Trump’s tariff agenda.
    Samantha Delouya, CNN Money, 14 May 2025
  • The app provides basic image corrections, along with graphics and fonts, raw camera file support, retouching tools, and some workflow capabilities.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 14 May 2025
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  • At almost every turn, they were guarded, held at gunpoint and kept in such deplorable conditions that one of them developed countless sores, another could not walk and a third had serious health conditions that went untreated.
    Shirsho Dasgupta, Miami Herald, 16 May 2025
  • The curse that plagues Rose is a chilling metaphor for unresolved psychological pain and how fear can metastasize when left untreated.
    Jane LaCroix, People.com, 15 May 2025

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“Unprocessed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unprocessed. Accessed 25 May. 2025.

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