hot sauce
noun
plural hot sauces
: a pungent sauce that is made from hot peppers and is used especially as a condiment
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The condiment, made of Hidden Valley Ranch and Diablo hot sauce, is a spicier version of the Hidden Valley Fire Ranch Sauce that came with the nuggets when they were first released.
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Erin Clements, PEOPLE, 9 Apr. 2026
Rockin’ Grandma’s hot sauce, produced by Dave’s Gourmet, is now sold exclusively on Amazon.
—Angelina Mazza, Vulture, 7 Apr. 2026
There are five different hot sauces, exactly 58 tortillas and a variety of sweet treats, from pudding and cobbler to cake, chocolate and cookies.
—Jennifer Borresen, USA Today, 5 Apr. 2026
There are also five varieties of hot sauce onboard and several desserts—mostly cookies and chocolate.
—Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 3 Apr. 2026
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Erin Clements, PEOPLE, 9 Apr. 2026
Rockin’ Grandma’s hot sauce, produced by Dave’s Gourmet, is now sold exclusively on Amazon.
—Angelina Mazza, Vulture, 7 Apr. 2026
There are five different hot sauces, exactly 58 tortillas and a variety of sweet treats, from pudding and cobbler to cake, chocolate and cookies.
—Jennifer Borresen, USA Today, 5 Apr. 2026
There are also five varieties of hot sauce onboard and several desserts—mostly cookies and chocolate.
—Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 3 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for hot sauce
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“Hot sauce.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hot%20sauce. Accessed 11 Apr. 2026.
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