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delicacy

[del-i-kuh-see] / ˈdɛl ɪ kə si /




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Some soups depend on freshness, delicacy or a particularly clean broth, and I’ll get to those.

From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026

Animal rights activists collected the signatures of five percent of registered voters in the District of Colombia to mandate the referendum on the quintessentially French culinary delicacy that is made from the enlarged duck livers.

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

The more I looked into the cult of Cane’s, the more I understood how the country’s most obsessed-over digit-shaped delicacy took America by storm, slowly and then all at once.

From Slate ● Aug. 24, 2026

Gill's agent Mel Kenyon said his work had a "rare emotional delicacy" that was "beautifully observed and finely tuned".

From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026

But did they consider walnuts a delicacy or a humdrum staple?

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari

Guests stroll into blacksmith shops and corn mills, dine on cinnamon bread and other local delicacies, and seek quiet time in an authentic Appalachian chapel.

From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026

And American working-class staple Waffle House is becoming a fast favorite for visitors to discover American delicacies like “biscuits and gravy” — a far cry from “biscuits” and “gravy” elsewhere.

From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2026

It features plenty of glistening seafood, market produce and local delicacies, alongside Tucci telling the story of a people for whom family and rituals hold communities together.

From BBC ● May 9, 2026

Chris, it turns out, has given up his career as an administrative lawyer for a life of fine dining and epicurean delicacies.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2026

They eat delicacies like Slim Jims in front of us while we spoon down our oatmeal.

From "Landscape with Invisible Hand" by M.T. Anderson


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