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Examples
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There's no excuse for this kind of runaway spending to make empty-calorie entertainment.
Marshall Fine: A Modest Proposal: A Luxury Tax for Expensive Movies Marshall Fine 2011
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He was proficient in that ersatz-soul Three Dog Night-style singing, heavy on the vibrato and empty-calorie histrionics.
Binky Philips: The Who Arrive Late, Beatles News Arrives Early, Central Park, August 1968 Binky Philips 2011
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Although I'm not a fabulous fan of the empty-calorie nature of sugar, a sugar cube is not the direct culprit to blame.
Eric Ding, Ph.D.: Sugary Beverages and Their Bitter Effects Ph.D. Eric Ding 2011
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Proponents of the measure argue that it would encourage people to use their food stamps to buy more nutritious foods than empty-calorie sodas.
Is it okay to spend food stamps on soda? Jennifer LaRue Huget 2010
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Although I'm not a fabulous fan of the empty-calorie nature of sugar, a sugar cube is not the direct culprit to blame.
Eric Ding, Ph.D.: Sugary Beverages and Their Bitter Effects Ph.D. Eric Ding 2011
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He was proficient in that ersatz-soul Three Dog Night-style singing, heavy on the vibrato and empty-calorie histrionics.
Binky Philips: The Who Arrive Late, Beatles News Arrives Early, Central Park, August 1968 Binky Philips 2011
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Although I'm not a fabulous fan of the empty-calorie nature of sugar, a sugar cube is not the direct culprit to blame.
Eric Ding, Ph.D.: Sugary Beverages and Their Bitter Effects Ph.D. Eric Ding 2011
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Although I'm not a fabulous fan of the empty-calorie nature of sugar, a sugar cube is not the direct culprit to blame.
Eric Ding, Ph.D.: Sugary Beverages and Their Bitter Effects Ph.D. Eric Ding 2011
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If you make a great record, the public will buy it, chimed in the show's surviving judge Randy Jackson in his usual empty-calorie way.
'American Idol' producer: "The audience votes -- there's nothing we can do." Lisa de Moraes 2011
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Yeah, you may think it's simply awful for me to suggest being so wasteful, but it's far more dangerous to your innocent body to keep shoving it full of empty-calorie, sugar-filled "treats" that can, over time, trick it into health hazards galore, from obesity to diabetes to heart disease to an early death.
Connie Bennett: 5 Tips to Soften Your Kids' Sugar Shock This Halloween Connie Bennett 2010
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