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Discover LudwigThe phrase "about a cup" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to an approximate measurement of a cup, often in cooking or serving contexts.
Example: "You will need about a cup of sugar for this recipe."
Alternatives: "approximately one cup" or "roughly a cup".
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Add orange juice, also about a cup.
You will have about a cup.
Forget about a cup of coffee.
And this will tell us not just when there's information about a cup on the screen, but when there's information about a cup that generalizes across positions.
Reserve about a cup of water before draining pasta.
Scoop out about a cup of pasta water and reserve.
In one, the subjects drank red wine, about a cup daily.
"Use about a tablespoon of fresh petals to about a cup of water," she added.
Regular garden peas provide better return: about a cup of shelled peas per pound.
Then you begin adding stock, about a cup at a time, stirring everything together.
There is about a cup of beans in a pound of pods.
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