palate

noun

Definition of palatenext
as in taste

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Recent Examples of palate Flying may not be the time or place to be adventurous with your palate, but passengers can, at the very least, take comfort in knowing that their food options are handled with the utmost care and attention. — Joey Skladany, Travel + Leisure, 12 Sep. 2026 From the city's wide variety of vegan food to being home to what USA TODAY called Nevada's best restaurant (Esther's Kitchen) for this year, there is no shortage of quality eateries in Las Vegas for every palate. — Carly Sauvageau, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2026 At the very least, Babies could be a good film-festival palate cleanser among the longer, heavier movies that make up much of the TIFF-goer’s schedule. — Joe Reid, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2026 But at a Venice where fun has been in short supply, The Sprial, came as a welcome palate cleanser. — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 7 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for palate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for palate
  1. taste
  2. appetite
  3. liking
  4. preference
  5. craving
  6. desire
  7. use
  8. thirst
Noun
  • These rustic touches give the space a taste of cowboy culture without feeling overbearing.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Catering to a local sense of taste is another strong strategy.
    — Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of taste
Noun
  • Of note for more adventurous appetites are the oxtail and blue cheese pizza or Zambian whole bream fish.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
  • The asset manager is among a growing number of global firms in Abu Dhabi’s financial center, ADGM, drawn by proximity to sovereign wealth funds like ADIA and Mubadala, family offices, and the region’s expanding appetite for private credit.
    — Kelsey Warner, semafor.com, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of appetite
Noun
  • The 37-year-old, clad in a white tank top, loose gray sweatpants and white gym socks, looks back on the years that went into building the home to her liking.
    — Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Content creator Josh Lora, also known as @tellthebees, posted on TikTok that people are trying to rewrite the reality of professionalism to their liking—and that those who bring coffee into an interview won’t get the job.
    — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of liking
Noun
  • This hotel really does have a little bit of everything for everyone, regardless of your gastronomic preferences.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
  • If employees enjoy working from home, wouldn’t a hybrid model be the perfect way to balance that preference with the need for face-to-face contact?
    — Bilin Lin, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of preference
Noun
  • Keep one in your freezer for whenever your pumpkin pie craving strikes.
    — Jesse Szewczyk, Bon Appetit Magazine, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Jennifer King is getting brain surgery at Allegheny General Hospital to hopefully control her opioid addiction cravings.
    — Meghan Schiller, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of craving
Noun
  • Alfonso recalled their discussions about how setting and movement could express the desire to survive.
    — Lin Ying-Hsuan, Variety, 8 Oct. 2026
  • The desire for these transformative products was never innate, and LACMA’s exhibition zeroes in on that idea from the start.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of desire
Noun
  • The collection combines decorative and functional objects, with each piece designed around both its use and its story.
    — Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Stiles revealed that Parton had cleared the use of the song prior to her death in August.
    — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of use
Noun
  • The trend not only reflects the reach of the broader wellness and longevity movement, but also a thirst for communal experience and social connection, particularly in the wake of the pandemic.
    — Will Stone, NPR, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Naturally, many of those discussions gravitated toward data centers and AI’s thirst for electrons.
    — Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of thirst

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