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breadsticks

British  
/ ˈbrɛdˌstɪks /

plural noun

  1. bread baked in long thin crisp sticks

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Olive Garden, famous for its unlimited, buttery breadsticks, started offering a lighter portions menu nationwide this year, partly aimed at GLP-1 users.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

The key was using breadsticks as edible support columns to make the walls of the bowl taller.

From Slate • Nov. 13, 2025

Bundles which will include multiple pizzas and breadsticks in one order and with each purchase, Pizza Hut will donate a portion of the proceeds back to the Book It! program.

From Salon • Oct. 8, 2024

McDaniels, who was out for Wednesday’s season opener in Toronto because of a left calf injury, lost count of the number of breadsticks.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 25, 2023

We’d finally convinced my dad to take us for breadsticks, and Ava and Ana were reading in the lobby.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

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