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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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Smoke from debris fires mixes with a faint tang of fuel from the few generators that still have gas.—
David Culver,
CNN Money,
3 Nov. 2025
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Their buttery richness will cut through the tang of salad without competing with other hearty sides, like sweet potato casserole.—
Rebecca Firkser,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
31 Oct. 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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Georgetown's ghost tours are just one activity visitors can participate in as a part of the Kentucky After Dark passport program.—
Stephanie Stremplewski,
Louisville Courier Journal,
25 Oct. 2025
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Some locals believe founder Charles Pfister still roams the property, according to reports, and even celebrities like rapper Megan Thee Stallion have gone ghost hunting there.—
Deirdre Bardolf,
FOXNews.com,
25 Oct. 2025
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Whether being inspired by Elizabeth Taylor’s jewels, stacking wigs upon wigs for a potential runway look or perfecting mascara with traces of velvet, Jacobs’ consideration comes across loud and clear.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
Footwear News,
29 Oct. 2025
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In the end, deputies used surveillance footage from a neighbor’s door camera, the security system inside the Stauch household, Letecia’s search history, texts from her phone and traces of Gannon's blood found in unexpected places to build their case.—
Chris Spargo,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
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The Homestyle Turkey n' Dressing Meal, which includes roasted turkey breast, cornbread dressing, and gravy, along with country green beans, sweet potato casserole, and cranberry relish.—
Gege Reed,
Louisville Courier Journal,
4 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.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Still, there’s a long way to go to match bats, which can contract and compress their muscles to listen only to certain echoes and can detect something as small as a human hair from several meters away.—
Lily Mae Lazarus,
Fortune,
30 Oct. 2025
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For those skipping the meat, there’s two peanut butter and jelly sandwiches offered, a soft echo of sweetness that might almost pass for dessert, accompanied by another anonymous beverage to wash it all down.—
Danielle Bacher,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Then one, two, three of them step out from the arboreal shadows, into a clearing in the valley.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
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Mazar-i-Sharif’s iconic Blue Mosque was damaged in the quake, footage on social media geolocated by CNN revealed, with its base littered with rubble - early evidence of the destruction captured in the shadows before dawn.—
Masoud Popalzai,
CNN Money,
2 Nov. 2025
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“Aftertaste.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aftertaste. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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