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food insecurity

food insecurity  n.— «In the past, the concept of food security could never become a cultural value, because food insecurity was then the norm. Only more recently, since it has been shown that enough food could be produced to satisfy all human...

food insecurity

food insecurity  n.— «There was a 15-percent increase between 1999 and 2002 in the number of U.S. households facing “food insecurity”—1.5 million families. Overall, this translates into more than 12 million families not knowing where their next meal...

biking

biking  n.— «“Whah? The dinner was biking?” We were obviously confused. “Yes, biking style.” And it is here that we must explain, dear reader, one of the many things which makes communication with the Japanese difficult. Much like the constant...

biking

biking
 n.— «Examples are バイキング which sounds like biking. However it is from the word Viking and means smorgasbord. » —by Alan R. Miller Loan Words , 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

food insecurity

food insecurity  n.— «Driving the “food insecurity” numbers—a term coined by the federal government to measure hunger—is Michigan’s stubborn unemployment rate, the anti-hunger research and policy group said.» —“Economy dishes up hunger pains” by...