palate
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Many animals lack a soft palate and instead rely on a relatively simple arrangement of hyoid bones in the throat.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026
When she was five months pregnant, ultrasound examinations revealed that the fetus had a cleft palate, a brain cyst, and heart defects.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
Not only did it, the sky also radiated some of Maria’s favorite colors, fall hues, a palate of gold and pale orange.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
Her daughter was born early with a cleft palate, facial symptoms of sodium valproate syndrome as well as ADHD.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
Adam leaned back in his chair, and very soon he went to sleep and his mouth dropped open and he snored across his palate.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
Estrada-Londo, who is from the Philippines, takes inspiration from Asian desserts, which tend to play with flavors that can be surprising to Western palates.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
“As New Zealand’s demographics changed, new traditions emerged. Since the 1980s, when people returned from overseas, they added to the menus and our palates changed with them,” says Venner.
From Salon ● Jul. 26, 2026
“The home is very taste-specific, which may not be helping the property as buyers are drawn to more neutral palates that are transitional vs. taste-specific,” she says.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 17, 2026
And that has coincided with more adventurous palates in the world's biggest cities.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2025
Rubber bands now hooked my upper and lower palates together.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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