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taste

[teyst] / teɪst /




NOUN
capacity to sense flavor
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"You want the pizza to taste the same every single time."

From BBC Aug. 27, 2026

Quoting the Greek philosopher Epicurus, Mr. Lieberman encourages us to “be moderate to taste the joys of life in abundance.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 26, 2026

This suggests that the level of sweetness people are exposed to very early in life may shape their taste preferences for a long time.

From Science Daily Aug. 26, 2026

The winters were simply too cold for our taste.

From MarketWatch Aug. 25, 2026

Then I nibbled grains of corn off the cob, savoring the slightly burnt taste as if I’d never eaten roasted corn before.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo

Marked by frugal ingredients and a number of vegetarian main courses, Genoese food at its best seems simple but tastes complex.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 23, 2026

It also needs to have the sourcing capabilities to meet fluctuations in shoppers’ tastes.

From MarketWatch Aug. 19, 2026

And they chuck it together and it looks pretty if you’re photographing it and it tastes like God knows what.

From Slate Aug. 15, 2026

Changing tastes in comedy have affected how multicams are edited.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 10, 2026

The kind I wouldn’t mind squatting in under different circumstances—although the decor is a little too prissy for my tastes.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman

"I tried every diet in the book. I tried some that weren't in the book. I tried eating the book. It tasted better than most of the diets."

From Barron's Aug. 25, 2026

I took a bite of the buttery Texas toast and the crinkle-cut fries, then dipped them into the creamy, peppery Cane’s Sauce, which tasted something like pickled ranch.

From Slate Aug. 24, 2026

Samples from the bottle have been sent for analysis, with researchers hoping to learn more about what the stout would have tasted like.

From BBC Aug. 7, 2026

The experiments also showed that the brain's memory system responded to the nutritional content of food, not simply to how pleasant or sweet it tasted.

From Science Daily Jul. 29, 2026

It always tasted sweet, and it was a lot less complicated than money.

From Full of Beans by Jennifer L. Holm

I spent two days traveling around, seeing Allen High’s $62-million stadium, watching a game at AT&T Stadium and tasting BBQ.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 23, 2026

"Styria is really a wonderful place to be. You have mountains, you have lakes, if you're interested in wine you can go wine tasting... The quality of life is very good," he said.

From Barron's Aug. 23, 2026

At Haven, her $98 dessert tasting menu will be limited to eight courses—but Sinclair hopes it will deliver the same sweet satisfaction.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 19, 2026

Airplane cabins’ lower humidity levels can diminish passengers’ ability to taste and smell, leaving light wines tasting like water, or highly acidic wines tasting sour and overly tangy.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

She looked surprised that he knew about tasting first, and he thought sourly that Okeoma, too, would have been surprised.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie




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