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taste

[tayst] / teɪst /




NOUN
capacity to sense flavor
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Sri Lanka were given a taste of the power of 15-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi on his Asian Games debut.

From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026

But I suppose I can’t laud the valuable healing qualities of his music and then wish that fewer people had shown up to get a taste.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

During the episode, which aired on Tuesday, Danni said they had been unable to taste the cookies because the ingredients included cream and butter and they were vegan.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

At Casa Juani, also on Pearl Street, the briny razor clams bring a taste of Spain to the Rockies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

They don’t taste like anything, but they make it seem more authentic somehow.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

His tastes still range happily from Black Thought, the lead rapper of American hip-hop group The Roots, to his favourite filmmaker, the Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

Eventually you discover that certain chefs and recipe developers simply share your tastes: their pantry looks like your pantry, their idea of enough acid is your idea of enough acid.

From Salon ● Sep. 20, 2026

Skywalker Grill marks his first West Coast project, which required learning California’s seasonality, its markets and its tastes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

The “unapologetic luxury” trend also appears to be reflected in shifting consumer tastes.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026

It tastes fine; I know, I drink it all the time, though I get it from the brook at the other end.

From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien

If I ate a soup I liked out in the world, I’d jot down what was in it, what the broth tasted like, sometimes sketch the bowl.

From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026

"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

Like China, Indonesia has also tasted World Cup action once before - in 1938, when it competed as the Dutch East Indies, then a colony of the Netherlands.

From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026

The coldness of it was bracing, but otherwise it tasted bright and sweet with a bitter kick to it.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

A 40-year-old winery, Rosenthal - The Malibu Estate, announced it will begin closing down this week after its tasting room was destroyed in the 2025 Palisades fire, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

I’m a novice, so I recruited a caviar-loving colleague to join me for an impromptu tasting session of five brands.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

At Chizay, dozens of Ukrainian tourists recently joined a guided tour and tasting.

From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026

Of the youngsters tasting Solheim singles action for the first time only Rhodes failed to win and it took a brilliant performance from world number one Nelly Korda to beat her on the final day.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

Flapping my arms to let the breeze tickle me, for a moment I felt free, like a bird, tasting the sky.

From "Tasting the Sky" by Ibtisam Barakat




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