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[hwet, wet] / ʰwɛt, wɛt /




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She whet his palate with detailed reports dissecting the southern Italian dialect spoken by his grandmother.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

To whet your appetite, there's already a Glastonbury Hits Channel on iPlayer, streaming classic tracks from previous years – with highlights including Oasis, Little Simz, The Who and Lady Gaga.

From BBC • Jun. 22, 2025

Trailers for “Moana 2” played frequently during Disney’s earlier hit movie, “Inside Out 2,” which served to whet audiences appetites for Moana’s latest musical journey.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 29, 2024

“Dune: Prophecy,” a prequel based on Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson’s “Great Schools of Dune” trilogy, has about six hours to set the table and whet our appetite.

From Salon • Nov. 17, 2024

As so often happens in science, their discoveries only whet the appetite for more research, which in turn created a demand for bigger, more expensive accelerators.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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