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taste

[tayst] / teɪst /




NOUN
capacity to sense flavor
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The region boomed, said Jeramaz, who now runs Grgich Hills Estate, and spends hours talking with visitors who come to taste his wines.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

But he redeemed himself somewhat by declaring that he had finally got a taste for villainy.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

“It’s put a little bit of a sour taste in the mouth,” Fochesato said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

One can practically taste the butter on their lips as Kirsten Dunst glides through ornate halls and indulges in raspberry-topped sweets.

From Salon ● Oct. 20, 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

Algorithms were already predicting our tastes, needs and desires and serving us options before we asked for them.

From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026

Cells responsible for detecting salty and sour tastes use different signaling mechanisms that do not depend on PLCβ2, potentially allowing those sensations to remain intact even when other taste signals are disrupted.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026

The result is a multi-textured bite that tastes both new and familiar.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

So instead of letting my expensive tastes bankrupt my family, I’m planning the wedding of my dreams on a budget.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026

Aunty Silver offers me a fluffy white rice cake, which tastes like a salty cloud.

From "Born Behind Bars" by Padma Venkatraman

"When I first tasted it, it was a world of difference - I've been missing out all these years," she told BBC Scotland News.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

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

While they were at it, what about a pop that looked and tasted like a frosted rainbow cake?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 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

She’d scarcely tasted it, even when she’d taken it with half the salt cellar.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

Napa Valley rocketed to international fame when its vintages shocked French rivals in a high-profile blind tasting contest that instantly turned the California corner into a wine-lovers' destination.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

But when the 58-year-old returned to eat leftovers at lunch, she noticed bright green granules in the food and that her tongue felt numb after tasting it.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

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

Florida’s orange production is down 95% since the arrival of a disease called citrus greening, which causes fruit to drop before it is ripe, and leaves it tasting bitter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

I breathed like I read, slowly, sounding out each word, tasting the vowels, chewing on the consonants.

From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely


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