chicken breast
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of chicken breast
First recorded in 1840–50
Example Sentences
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To make the protein pop, Conagra designed a custom marinade and added grill marks to the chicken breast slices.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
There was the chicken breast I marinated in lemon juice, rice vinegar and balsamic reduction — a trio I would now classify, gently, as a vinaigrette bloodbath.
From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2025
It’s a grilled chicken breast, and I get it with a double side of steamed broccoli instead of rice.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 2, 2025
Data gathered at the checkout counter between March 9, 2024, and March 1, 2025, showed that chicken breast prices rose by $.30 per pound, reaching an average of $5.75 per pound.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 29, 2025
Hunger opened up in the boy like a chasm, in spite of the bland chicken breast he’d just consumed.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
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