delicacy
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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
Ants are eaten and sometimes even valued as a delicacy in several Asian, African and Latin American cultures.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 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
The director, Jack Serio, who brought a similar delicacy and grace to his work on Mr. Weiler’s prior play, draws equally fine performances from Mr. Simons and Ms. Finn.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
In that first week at the Creek, the cafeteria served fried chicken, chicken- fried steak, and fried okra, which marked my first foray into the delicacy that is the fried vegetable.
From "Looking for Alaska" by John Green
The animal, one of the world's most endangered and trafficked mammals, has been stripped of its scales and is being advertised by a Thai account selling "seasonal wild delicacies".
From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026
You can get them at a range of places, from national chains known for private-label snacks to cherished pit shops that serve whispered-about biscuits, pies and regional delicacies like boudin, kolaches and runzas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 6, 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
Normally, I would have considered this unfit for consumption, but we reached in with our unwashed hands and ate as though we had been provided with the most delicious delicacies under the sun.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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Power Suffix: -acy
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