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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

Tasting the bakes, Lawson said the cookies had "too much cinnamon and bicarb", adding: "It's impossible to know what you are baking if you don't taste it."

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

Through constant touring and “tireless promotion of composers we assume were always famous,” Ms. Fritz writes, Clara shaped the musical canon according to her own exquisite ear and sophisticated taste.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

I lift my snout, taste the air—my nose smells nothing but smoke and ash.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz

But when I want depth, sweetness, browning and the kind of flavor that tastes like something has been cooking much longer than it actually has, I start by roasting.

From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026

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

Here’s why it’s the rare wine with potential to bridge the divide between tastes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 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 White Mountain hotels were a little too dull, a little too remote and expensive, for modern tastes.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson

Dinner tasted rich and savory and faintly sweet, the sort of thing I would have been delighted to order at a neighborhood restaurant.

From Salon ● Sep. 20, 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

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

It tasted wonderful and I ate it, waited another half a day and ate the rest, and it wasn’t so bad.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen

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

In June, McDonald’s outlined a new global strategy promising “great tasting food, served with a smile, at a good value.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

The average cost of a Napa wine tasting is $40, according to Visit Napa Valley, the region’s tourism board.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

"Home," he said again, tasting the word on his tongue.

From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda




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