Etymology
Origin of leavening
Example Sentences
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The natural leavening gives them a lighter, crispier crust and an airy, mildly tangy crumb.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026
They are also what make it rise in the absence of other leavening agents.
From Salon • Apr. 30, 2024
Attending nuns push not gurneys but shopping carts, leavening the tragic with the mundane.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 30, 2022
But I do depart from my standard in one major way: Swirled brownies need leavening.
From Washington Post • Dec. 7, 2022
From morning to night, he displayed cool and reasoned leadership, with his humor leavening even the most difficult crisis.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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