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Yesterday we made delicious butter from extra-thick Jersey cream.
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Speaking of the topping, this is not the kind of cake that has an extra-thick layer of crumb topping.
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He searches for extra-thick skins that allow him to make a deeper carve without breaking through to the center.
The Picasso of Pumpkin Carving Ellen Gamerman 2011
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There are solar panels to generate electricity, extra-thick walls to keep the temperature even, and renewable products used wherever possible.
The Best of Friends Susan Mallery 2010
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(‘Anodized’ aluminum has been treated with acid and electricity to force it to grow an extra-thick layer of rust, because the more you have on the surface, the stronger and more scratch-resistant it is.)
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Like many kids heading far from home to school, my daughter Melanie pre-ordered what she thought she wanted -- from plastic storage bins to an extra-thick mattress pad for her extra-long twin dorm bed -- at a store near our home.
Eileen Ogintz: The Long Goodbye -- Taking the Kids to College 2010
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To compensate for the tablet's paucity of storage capacity, Jobs assured his audience that each iHood will come complete with an extra-thick rubber band that can be used to secure a portable CD player and library card, thereby giving the device multi-media capabilities comparable to that of the more powerful iPad models found in Apple retail stores.
Brock Cohen: Apple to Roll Out .5G iHood for Underprivileged Southland Youth (Satire) 2010
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I chose the thins figuring they should also not go stale too fast (they have a shortbread/meltaway base), and I chose the chocolate chip cookies because I think many homesick Americans want chocolate chip cookies -- I know I do -- and I hoped that the giant, extra-thick bakery style would help them to not get too stale.
Archive 2008-12-01 Laura 2008
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I took a sip and it was like an extra-thick cocoa — somewhere between chocolate milk and porridge — spiced with cinnamon, vanilla and the burnt sweetness of piloncillo, a unrefined Mexican brown sugar.
Christmas and a cup of champurrado | Homesick Texan Homesick Texan 2008
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I took a sip and it was like an extra-thick cocoa — somewhere between chocolate milk and porridge — spiced with cinnamon, vanilla and the burnt sweetness of piloncillo, a unrefined Mexican brown sugar.
Archive 2008-12-01 Homesick Texan 2008
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