palate

A cleft lip and palate is a condition which is present from birth, external when the upper lip, roof of the mouth, or both, fail to fuse properly during pregnancy.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026

Researchers discovered evidence of a sophisticated soft palate that separated the mouth from the pharynx, the passage connecting the mouth to 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

When she finished, she ran her tongue over her teeth and then made a series of short smacking sounds with her tongue against her palate as though she’d just eaten something sour.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy

Raspberries and blackberries were seen as too foreign for Chinese palates, and Japanese firms already were growing strawberries there.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 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

And while Ulmer says “Elementa” is family friendly, as he believes children with adventurous food palates will enjoy the show, he’s also looking forward to Saturday matinee programming geared specifically for families with young kids.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2025

The children she saw had all kinds of articulation problems, some because of physiological defects like cleft palates or tied tongues.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee