Thesaurus results for AFTERTASTE

aftertaste

noun

Definition of aftertaste

as in tang

a sensation that remains after something is experienced The wine has a fruity aftertaste.

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Recent Examples of aftertaste Customers and early reviews frequently note the absence of chalky aftertaste or bloating—outcomes the brand attributes to its ingredient choices and in-house production focus for quality control. — Tanya Akim, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026 Wild catfish are notorious for their muddy aftertaste, yet this doesn’t seem to turn many people off. — Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 25 June 2026 All in all, a good meal that leaves no bitter aftertaste. — Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2026 There’s no strange aftertaste, no fishy flavor, and no texture issues. — Rita Templeton, Flow Space, 15 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for aftertaste

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Noun

When fully deployed, the titanium lockbar moves directly behind the blade tang to establish lockup.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 3 Sep. 2026
My sauce has a nice vinegar tang, a little bit of sweet, and a little bit of smoky flavor, followed by a really nice peppery finish.

— Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of tang

Noun

Those truths come together in a series of ands and buts, which layer upon and contradict each other, like the afterimages of Tullock in Stefania Bulbarella’s video design.

— Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2025
That trailing effect isn’t a smear on its own, but their blades also leave afterimages, duplicate smears, along their path through space.

— Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 19 Aug. 2025

Definition of afterimage

Noun

During a fraught encounter between Hamlet and the ghost of his father, an actor freezes before exiting entirely.

— Matt Donnelly, Variety, 6 Sep. 2026
Liam sweeps in like the ghost of Christmas Present and suddenly everyone — everyone being Noel — starts to wonder if this just might work after all.

— Damon Wise, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of ghost

Noun

Ascherson’s own writing, in fact, contains a trace of Staatsduft—a certain whiff of an era when Europe had a very different place in the world.

— Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2026
Investors who have backed companies through full capital market cycles know that and look for traces of that evolution.

— Albana Vrioni, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of trace

Noun

In this preparation, they’re topped with a crunchy and tangy chow chow, a vinegary Southern relish of pickled vegetables.

— Ryan McCarthy, Saveur, 2 Sep. 2026
The Greatest Robot Anime Is Back With Something to Prove The new Mobile Suit Gundam movie is mad as hell and relishes in the franchise’s intoxicating weirdness.

— Britina Cheng, Vulture, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of relish

Noun

Nevertheless, the sight of the 20-year-old Slovenian riding clear up the famed Calo Alto, seven years on from a similarly callow Pogačar seizing his first Grand Tour stage victory, provide a resounding echo.

— Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026
Jäger compares the sounds of techno to the noise of Detroit’s industrial machinery—the music that drove the ersatz utopias of the late twentieth century is, in other words, merely a synthetic echo of a far more vital past.

— Robert Rubsam, New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of echo

Noun

Why not try to capture the moon using a DSLR camera and a telephoto lens when the Harvest Moon rises and in the weeks that follow to track how the shifting shadows alter its appearance?

— Anthony Wood, Space.com, 31 Aug. 2026
Larger backlight zones can allow light to spill into darker parts of the image, making blacks appear gray and reducing detail in shadows.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 31 Aug. 2026

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