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Recent Examples of aftertaste
Team Europe may have made history at Bethpage Black, but their 15-13 Ryder Cup victory on American soil came with a bitter aftertaste.
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Devlina Sarkar, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
The creaminess of the dip, as well as the pieces of cranberry and jalapeño, stood out first, followed by a burst of flavor, and a sweet heat aftertaste.
—Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 6 Oct. 2025
Just stir the powder into your morning coffee, matcha, or water with zero grit and no bitter aftertaste.
—Maggie Turner, Air Mail, 20 Sep. 2025
Sarah Cracknell’s voice is tempered with a touch of honeyed grit, but has lost none of of its ability to convey the bittersweet aftertaste of romantic loss.
—Ernesto Lechner, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2025
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Devlina Sarkar, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
The creaminess of the dip, as well as the pieces of cranberry and jalapeño, stood out first, followed by a burst of flavor, and a sweet heat aftertaste.
—Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 6 Oct. 2025
Just stir the powder into your morning coffee, matcha, or water with zero grit and no bitter aftertaste.
—Maggie Turner, Air Mail, 20 Sep. 2025
Sarah Cracknell’s voice is tempered with a touch of honeyed grit, but has lost none of of its ability to convey the bittersweet aftertaste of romantic loss.
—Ernesto Lechner, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for aftertaste
Noun
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Rather than using commercial yeast, hoochMKE’s breads are made with wild sourdough yeast, leading to a longer leavening process and a distinct tang.—
Rachel Bernhard,
jsonline.com,
7 Nov. 2025
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The Worcestershire and hot sauce give it a subtle tang.—
Kimberly Holland,
Southern Living,
6 Nov. 2025
Noun
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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
Noun
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The ghosts of a 37-0 shutout to Iowa less than a month ago still lingered — the boos that faded into silence, the homecoming crowd that emptied before the fourth quarter, the scoreboard stuck on humiliation.—
Ira Gorawara,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2025
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Pacino stars as the enigmatic titular figure, described as part muse, part ghost of cinema past.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
7 Nov. 2025
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To that end, Lasky is sure to give plenty of attention to the unearthly, haunting, and ethereal traces that mark our world.—
Diana Arterian,
Literary Hub,
6 Nov. 2025
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For more reliable verification, try using reverse image search tools like Google Images or TinEye to trace origins, or use specialized AI image detectors like TruthScan, which scans for artificial generation artifacts with high precision.—
Matt Emma,
USA Today,
3 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The spicy smashburger pick features pepper jack cheese, pineapple relish, shredded lettuce, pickled jalapenos, and pineapple habanero aioli.—
Lennie Omalza,
Louisville Courier Journal,
11 Nov. 2025
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That was one last flourish of self-laceration, and there is definitely a matching strain of masochism in Hopkins—not so much a relish of suffering as a rueful acknowledgment that earthly woe is our due.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Ditto the echoes of The Civil War, also examining a battle that pit brother against brother, and The Vietnam War, in which America became the occupying imperial force failing to understand or successfully combat a domestic insurgence.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Nov. 2025
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Their lead guitarist — a wiry seventeen-year-old named Bruce Springsteen — already had an assistant to hit his echo pedal on cue.—
Henry Selick,
IndieWire,
6 Nov. 2025
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Walk out of a play’s shadows back into the clear light of day without a there to take with you, and even a burning cauldron will become little more than a brief candle.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
10 Nov. 2025
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The events occurred in and around the lawless border of Venezuela and Colombia, where spies, smugglers and gun runners rub shoulders and distrust their own shadow.—
Kevin G. Hall,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Aftertaste.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aftertaste. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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