raciness

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Noun
  • Cooking or pickling peppers in vinegar may tone down their spiciness.
    Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Options include the original Wendy’s Signature creamy sauce with just a hint of spiciness, sweet chili, and a Scorchin’ Hot, perfect for washing down with a Frosty.
    Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 30 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The most notable part of this gag was not the joke itself, a standard late-night quip delivered with appropriate piquancy.
    David Sims, The Atlantic, 22 Mar. 2025
  • The key to its flavor is a balance of sweet, spice, piquancy and heat, which creates a balanced and addictive bite.
    Lynda Balslev, The Mercury News, 17 June 2024
Noun
  • The flavor was rich, yet still allowed the mild earthiness of the potatoes to shine through.
    Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Fresh spinach is brighter in flavor and color, and has a subtle earthiness and faint sweetness.
    Ann Taylor Pittman, Southern Living, 18 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Give classic cranberry sauce a makeover with orangey zest and a bit of spice.
    Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Bittersweet Oud uses citrus to brighten the polarizing ingredient; Roasted Vanilla tempers its typical sweetness with the warmth of oak and cognac; and Iris Root, our favorite of the three, adds a peppery zest to the creamy ingredient so often used in barbershop tonics and other men’s scents.
    Justin Fenner, Robb Report, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Despite the heavy central theme of chronic illness, there’s a delicious bawdiness to Will There Ever Be Another You, a vulgar juvenilia evoking graffiti-tag genitals or the ding dong ditch scene from Billy Madison.
    Eric Olson September 23, Literary Hub, 23 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • This historic two-game parlay of pungency followed up a classic, a double-overtime loss to Oregon, back when Franklin’s inability to beat high-ranking opponents was his biggest problem.
    Joe Rexrode, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
  • The vinegar used to quick pickle the onions also adds a vinegary pungency to the salad, and dill and basil work together to add fresh and herbaceous notes.
    Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 11 July 2025
Noun
  • What Happens Next The conversation surrounding Kirk's killing, political violence and the broadness of free speech remains ongoing as lawmakers, government officials, the media and the general public continue to discuss last week's events and possible future consequences.
    Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • And that flavor combined with the sweet, crisp vegetables and nutty, herby notes that made every bite a satisfying contrast, with the dressing adding a zing that tied it all together.
    Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 28 Oct. 2025
  • The kind of zing that hasn’t been consistent in his game so far this season.
    Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
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“Raciness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/raciness. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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