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beans

  • plural of bean.
  • present tense form of bean (3rd person singular).

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Everyone has a different jar of jelly beans with which to make their calculations.

From MarketWatch Jul. 20, 2026

Part of it has to do with the simultaneous leaps in quality, availability and marketing of certain shelf-stable standards: good tinned fish, squeeze-bottle olive oil, dried beans with their very own fan clubs.

From Salon Jul. 11, 2026

Texans are known for their thick, beefy version with no beans and definitely no tomatoes.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 6, 2026

His recipe in the competition excluded beans but doubled up on onions.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 6, 2026

And most nights Mrs. Grasso sent one of the kids down to invite her and Papa to join them for heaping plates of pasta or bowls of garlicky soup with chi chi beans.

From "I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919" by Lauren Tarshis