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Magi Richani is the founder of San Francisco-based Nobell Foods, a startup company developing a new kind of cheese made from soybeans. She says plant-based cheese not only accommod
Semântica e Significado de Vocábulos (Semantics)
CEBRASPE (CESPE) · 2024
“The reality is that when you raise an animal for food, it’s not just the animals, you are actually growing crops, you are clearing land, and you’re raising the animal for years so it builds biomass,” Richani explained. “It’s an extremely inefficient supply chain.”
Nobell is particularly focused on creating plant-based casein, which is a protein produced when a cow gives birth and is present in the milk for its offspring. It is the ingredient that gives dairy cheese its unique stretchy texture. If Nobell is able to go to market and have the kind of impact it’s hoping to, then plant-based cheese could help us stretch toward a more sustainable future.
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The words “stretch” and “stretchy”, although similar, convey different meanings: “stretchy” refers to a concrete sensation, whereas “stretch” is used in a metaphorical abstract way.
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Comentário: A afirmação está correta porque "stretchy" se refere a uma qualidade física e concreta, descrevendo a textura do queijo derivado do leite que se estica, enquanto "stretch" é usado de forma metafórica, sugerindo uma ampliação ou extensão em um sentido mais abstrato, como a ideia de avançar em direção a um futuro mais sustentável. Essa diferença de uso demonstra como as palavras, apesar de semelhantes, podem desempenhar papéis distintos em contextos diferentes.
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