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pungency







NOUN
raciness
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Some streaming titles have the flavor and pungency of a laboratory-synthesized snack, creations too perfect to be mistaken for natural.

From Salon • Dec. 20, 2024

But, he argues, the pungency of ammonia is actually a benefit.

From BBC • Feb. 26, 2024

The books in this week’s newsletter, though, make bracing use of that famed predilection for pungency.

From New York Times • Feb. 10, 2024

The funk of the pickled fish is wonderfully shocking, its pungency combined with the chiles, lemongrass and lime leaf, making it sharp, vibrant and addictive.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 25, 2023

Incense rising with the pungency of irrational hope.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides




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