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refections

noun

plural of refection

as in meals

food eaten or prepared for eating at one time refections at the monastery are as spartan as the surroundings

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Previous research from the same site suggests that Neanderthals may have soaked and cooked meals of plants and legumes together.

— Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2026
Instead of guessing what's normal, users can build a personal baseline, identify patterns—like digestive changes that coincide with certain meals—and share results with their doctors.

— Angela Haupt, Time, 15 Oct. 2026

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Now, 10 years later, through Keys Fisheries, her fish is sold in stores, and lionfish appears on restaurant menus throughout the area—and in doing so, millions of native reef fish have been saved from predation.

— Victoria Malloy, Time, 21 Oct. 2026
December Come to Sicily for the citrus harvest, when menus abound with an abundance of local varieties.

— Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 18 Oct. 2026

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