palate

Many animals lack a soft palate and instead rely on a relatively simple arrangement of hyoid bones in the throat.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026

When she was five months pregnant, ultrasound examinations revealed that the fetus had a cleft palate, a brain cyst, and heart defects.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

Not only did it, the sky also radiated some of Maria’s favorite colors, fall hues, a palate of gold and pale orange.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

Tasting notes: Creamy and rich throughout, it has great minerality in the mid-to-back palate and a touch of salinity on the finish.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026

When she finished, she ran her tongue over her teeth and then made a series of short smacking sounds with her tongue against her palate as though she’d just eaten something sour.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy

“The home is very taste-specific, which may not be helping the property as buyers are drawn to more neutral palates that are transitional vs. taste-specific,” she says.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 17, 2026

It’s dry but not bone-dry, a wine to please a wide range of palates.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 27, 2025

And it is diverse, which makes it a great test kitchen for very different palates, from South Asian to European.

From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2025

Because they have different palates, they’re each able to pick up on certain notes much more strongly.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2025

In the dining halls the older gentlemen, who had spoiled their palates with drinking, were relishing those strange delicacies of the Middle Ages—the strong flavours of whale and porpoise.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White