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How to use the word ounces in a Sentence?

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People in blue zones don’t eat nearly as much fish as the Mediterranean diet prescribes, only three times a week and only 3 ounces, meat is eaten only five times a month. There’s no cow’s milk in any blue zone.

David McLain

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Whether first-run foods or leftovers, the same rules apply, if you are planning to travel with special foods to contribute to a Thanksgiving meal or travel with leftovers, be sure you follow this simple rule to ensure your food can travel with you: If you can spill it, spread it, spray it, pump it or pour it and it is in a quantity greater than 3.4 ounces, pack it in a checked bag.

The TSA

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

Since our launch in March 2022, over 40,000 ounces of breast milk has been donated through our Texas Children’s Hospital site. We are expanding our community donation sites to every campus as a next step. This could happen again, unfortunately. We have to always keep our eyes on protecting our patients and making sure we have the supplies necessary.

Kristen Tucker

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

Eating 1.5 ounces per day of peanuts along with a diet low in saturated fat and cholesterol can help reduce the risk of heart disease, this benefit may come from the healthy unsaturated fats and fiber that peanuts contain.

Danielle Talenti

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

If you are feeling low in energy, check in on the energy you're taking in, start with adding an additional 1 to 2 ounces of lean protein, a half cup of whole grains, or 1 tablespoon of a healthy fat and reanalyze.

Melissa Majumdar

Found on CNN
2 years ago

It's a bathroom scale, not a kitchen scale, it's pretty good at measuring pounds, but it's not good at ounces.

Cliff Zukin

Found on CNN
3 years ago

The average for non-vegetarians is only about two ounces of total meat a day, which is quite low.

Michael Orlich

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Do I want to be carrying around 60 ounces of breast milk and ice and a pump ? No, I ’m doing it for my baby. I was already stressed to be away from my baby, stressed about the pump, and to have to deal with people who are so are disrespectful and a woman on top of it, it’s kind of mind-blowing.

Kelsey Myers

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

If you look at your plate and you have what you can guesstimate is a half-cup of a grain, that’s going to be roughly 150 calories ; if you see a reasonably sized piece of protein, it’s likely about 3 ounces, or about 150 calories, and if you see a lot of vegetables, topped with just a little bit of fat, like a drizzle of olive oil, you’re probably adding up to about a 400 to 450 calorie meal.

Dawn Jackson Blatner

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

Police Chief Heath Landry said. Zak Evans ' said Zak Evans ' was mad, but it was only because Zak Evans ' was worried about Zak Evans ' wife and baby. Cabrini Hospital intervened in the father’s arrest, however ; a doctor called and said there might be issues with the pregnancy. Officers wrote Zak Evans ' a ticket for speeding, flight from an officer and careless operation. Creola Police dropped off Evans in the hospital parking lot, but he missed the birth of Zak Evans ', Zak Evans ', who came in at 4 pounds, 4 ounces. Police Chief Heath Landry said the arrest was a public safety issue, but the Evanses said Creola Police still are unhappy about the incident. But, the family is choosing to look at the bright side : Zak Evans ' is going to be OK. She's alive, thanks to the Cabrini team. She's alive.

Zak Evans '

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

You’ve got kids today who go to school and they get their hot lunches taken away from them because their parents haven’t paid the bill, and they get replaced — here in Los Angeles where I’m from — with half a sandwich and four ounces of juice, what I’m trying to do is just re-adjust the law in a way that says you can’t do that.

Robert Hertzberg

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

A 4-ounce cup of juice is considered a serving of fruit, i think most consumers of juice are generally drinking more than 4 ounces. Then, the next question is, within the greater quantity, how does that balance within one's diet? And then probably the next question is, is that fruit juice consumption offsetting the intake of other nutritious food?

Katherine Zeratsky

Found on CNN
7 years ago

I think because he came early, I just did n’t produce as much, so I made another goal, if my body would let me, to try for 1,000 ounces. And then I just decided to keep going with it once I hit it.

Ariel Matthews

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

I like to stick with lean protein to help with my muscle recovery after hard workouts, so my grandma prepared me a delicious chicken breast and grilled asparagus with balsamic vinegar, it was so good! To treat myself, I dipped a handful of almonds in 2 ounces of melted dark chocolate. It really satisfied my sweet tooth!

Gabrielle Douglas

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

Some of the drinks can average almost 400 calories per 16 ounces, so this is fine if you are missing a meal, but not so great as a snack.

Lisa Dierks

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

The easiest formula is to take your weight and divide it in half, the number you get is the amount of water, in ounces, you should consume each day.

Keri Gans

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

About 3 ounces of chicken breast is 26 grams, so bump it to 5 ounces and you’re set for the day.

The Nutrition Twins

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

The doctors have been nice enough to cut me back to 64 ounces a day. Instead of getting productive work done, I spent a lot of time in the restroom.

Jimmy Carter

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

The platinum market is just too small. China has $3.7 trillion of foreign exchange reserves. To keep 1 percent by value in platinum, at $1,000 an ounce, would need 37 million ounces of platinum, which is six years' mine supply, to get 0.1 percent, you'd only need to buy two-thirds of a year's mine supply, but why would you want to hold 0.1 percent of your reserves in platinum? What use would that be to anyone?

Matthew Turner

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Right now I have over 70 ounces.

Lisa Carbonneau

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

The new Haitian baseball can't weigh more than four ounces or less than five.

Jerry Coleman

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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