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as in treat
something that is pleasing to eat because it is rare or a luxury presented with a plate of national delicacies while they waited for the queen

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as in daintiness
the tendency to be or state of being squeamish the urgent need for blood prompted many people to overcome their habitual delicacy and become first-time donors

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as in sensitivity
the state or quality of being able to sense slight impressions or differences the delicacy of the sensor is such that it will be affected by the slightest vibration

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Recent Examples of delicacy Unlike other grocery store apples, the fruit grown in Angle Orchard is a seasonal delicacy. Shaun McKinnon, AZCentral.com, 14 Oct. 2025 Sea urchins are a delicacy noted for their rich creamy flavor. Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Oct. 2025 The dining car turns out fine delicacies with Italian flair, while the lounge car hops with finger-snapping tunes by a piano, saxophone, clarinet trio. Eleanor Flagler Hardy, Travel + Leisure, 11 Oct. 2025 The furor has cooled since that peak intensity, but Ansel still sells the delicacies from his lower-Manhattan shop. Merrill Fabry, Time, 9 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for delicacy
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Noun
  • On Monday, the prediction was for trick-or-treat time temperatures on Friday to be around 50.
    Cheryl Vari, Cincinnati Enquirer, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Younger customers have been gravitating toward chewy, sweet treats – sales of sour candy, for example, grew 7% year over year, according to the National Confectioners Association.
    Ramishah Maruf, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2025
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  • Santa Rosa’s fragility has not stopped Peru and Colombia fighting over it.
    Isa Cardona, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2025
  • James has an earnest charm, Christine a solid fierceness and Fidler a relatable fragility.
    Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2025
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  • With a daintiness at odds with its 120 kilos, the bear extricates its wrist from the tie and calmly takes its leave.
    Ganesh Marín, The Dial, 7 Oct. 2025
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  • Continuous delivery accelerates the feedback loop between users and developers, allowing real-world data from ongoing projects to refine solver precision and stability.
    Ni Tao, Interesting Engineering, 21 Oct. 2025
  • That precision, combined with the low barrier to entry for fans, can help smaller sports grow beyond their core circles.
    Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025
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  • Los Angeles' bullpen is the team's biggest weakness, and Snell is helping to cover it up by giving the Dodgers longer starts.
    Nelson Espinal, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
  • According to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, CMT causes a range of sensory and motor symptoms, including numbness, tingling, pain, muscle weakness and atrophy — deterioration in cells, tissues, and organs.
    Diana Leyva, Nashville Tennessean, 24 Oct. 2025
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  • This connection would become increasingly important over the twentieth century, as the rapid development of technological infrastructure created ever-expanding and increasingly dangerous sensitivities to geomagnetic storms.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Big beauty business moguls get skin hang-ups and sensitivities too, and have to work at their skin just like the rest of us to enjoy that celebrity glow.
    Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 26 Oct. 2025
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  • Or is this a kind of fastidiousness of yours?
    Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
  • The filmmaking is precise and refined, but free of the self-conscious fastidiousness that often passes for style on the international festival circuit.
    Jon Frosch, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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  • An editor verified the accuracy of the information before publishing.
    Dave Smith, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2025
  • To answer those questions, TIME spoke with Oppenheim and Karbler about the movie’s technical accuracy, its depiction of government response in crisis, and the global temperature on nuclear war.
    Jake Kring-Schreifels, Time, 27 Oct. 2025

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“Delicacy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/delicacy. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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