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sweeten

verb as in add sugar

verb as in make happy; appease

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The reality is that extending the sweetened subsidies will encourage more states and cities to follow the lead of Chicago, shifting the healthcare costs of their young retirees to national taxpayers.

The onions will slacken and sweeten over indirect heat while he assembles the rest.

“They’re sweetening the pot,” Paul Hardart, a professor at New York University’s Stern School of Business, said of the Ellison family.

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My younger neighbors, knowing this, grocery-shopped for me, sweetening my mornings with fresh milk and fruit during those long, grim days.

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For the filling, I like to keep things classic and a touch tangy: cream cheese whisked with sour cream until smooth and glossy, sweetened just enough with powdered sugar.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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