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Recent Examples of aftertaste
The flow rate is surprisingly fast, and the water always tastes clean, without any weird aftertaste.
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Karthika Gupta, Travel + Leisure, 24 Aug. 2025
There’s no artificial aftertaste to be found here thanks to a short ingredient list that consists mainly of carbonated water, fruit juice, sea salt, herbs or spices, and probiotics.
—Alaina Chou, Bon Appetit Magazine, 19 Aug. 2025
Irish actor Ronan stars in Bad Apples, described as a biting satire with a thriller aftertaste that will open the section.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 5 Aug. 2025
There’s something about that complex balance of sweetness and slightly bitter aftertaste that takes me back to Kentucky, where the cocktail is often served at outdoor barbeques or as a before – and sometimes after – drink at dinner parties.
—Michael Collins, USA Today, 1 Aug. 2025
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Karthika Gupta, Travel + Leisure, 24 Aug. 2025
There’s no artificial aftertaste to be found here thanks to a short ingredient list that consists mainly of carbonated water, fruit juice, sea salt, herbs or spices, and probiotics.
—Alaina Chou, Bon Appetit Magazine, 19 Aug. 2025
Irish actor Ronan stars in Bad Apples, described as a biting satire with a thriller aftertaste that will open the section.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 5 Aug. 2025
There’s something about that complex balance of sweetness and slightly bitter aftertaste that takes me back to Kentucky, where the cocktail is often served at outdoor barbeques or as a before – and sometimes after – drink at dinner parties.
—Michael Collins, USA Today, 1 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for aftertaste
Noun
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That delicate, metallic tang—almost more sensation than flavor, the suggestion of electricity, like looking at an outlet with a fork in your hand.—
The Bon Appétit Staff,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
12 Sep. 2025
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The vanilla flavor, coupled with the tang of the cream cheese, is the perfect balance.—
Kimberly Holland,
Southern Living,
8 Sep. 2025
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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
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But her teachers at the school left important afterimages.—
Gia Kourlas,
New York Times,
24 Mar. 2025
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The bright orange bucket, sporting Home Depot's logo, features jack-o'-lanterns, bats, ghosts, spiders and spiderwebs.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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The ghosts of the Federal Theatre still haunt the 102-year-old movie house, and David Lindoerfer has seen them.—
John Wenzel,
Denver Post,
12 Sep. 2025
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Likewise, the internet has made fundraising much easier with the use of online payment methods, which are easy to set up and difficult to trace.—
Richard Frankel,
ABC News,
11 Sep. 2025
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While performance is a major part of their lives individually—Tracey becoming a chorus line dancer, the narrator becoming an assistant to a pop star—a performance element that is particularly striking here is the way Smith traces dance from past to present, from Africa through the diaspora.—
Lauren Morrow
September 9,
Literary Hub,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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These were just the kind of fast-paced, blunt maneuvers that Bovino relishes.—
Elliot Spagat,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Sep. 2025
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This team of people threw themselves into it with such relish and joy and enthusiasm.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
3 Sep. 2025
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Street food tours through Gwangjang Market echo scenes of communal joy found in the film’s lighter moments.—
Emese Maczko,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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As the seas warm, researchers have found that sound carries farther, and that rising acidity alters the very chemistry of how vibrations move through saltwater, reshaping the pathways of song and echo.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
11 Sep. 2025
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Another growing concern that could contribute to this risk is the increasing use of shadow AI.—
Bernard Marr,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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The big blue gum out front clawed at the darkness, the hillside in back sank into a void of shadow, and the sky grinned its canescent grin.—
T. Coraghessan Boyle,
New Yorker,
14 Sep. 2025
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“Aftertaste.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aftertaste. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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