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Six example sentences with alimentary, each labelled with its topic.
Doctors judged the paste on alimentary grounds alone, since a starving child needed calories long before flavor mattered.
Medicine
Broth simmered from bones has real alimentary worth, which is why it fed convalescents long before anyone measured protein.
Cooking
Her coach treats breakfast as alimentary fuel, not pleasure, and weighs the oats before every long training ride.
Fitness
Trajan's alimentary scheme lent money to farmers and used the interest to feed poor children across Italy.
History
In an earthworm the alimentary canal runs straight from mouth to tail, with soil passing through in a few hours.
Science
Acorns have real alimentary value for jays, which bury thousands each autumn and live on them until spring.
Environment
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