delicacy
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They stalk WhatsApp groups, track flights like anxious parents and leave work meetings to get their fix of the sweet, seasonal delicacy.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026
His family has trawled for their livelihoods here since 1918, and Koman's company still keeps live eels for smoking - a traditional Dutch delicacy - and supplying high-end restaurants across the country.
From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026
Stuffed cabbages, for example, are a hearty delicacy that transcends geographical borders.
From Salon • Feb. 21, 2026
Characters state the obvious and the dialogue has the delicacy of a sledgehammer.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 12, 2026
He imagined quietness, delicacy, the kind of woman whose sneeze, whose laugh and talk, would be soft as the under feathers closest to a chicken’s skin.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 3
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Power Suffix: -acy
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