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a cold beverage that is usually sweet, does not contain alcohol, and is often sold in bottles or cans
the sandwich comes with chips and a soft drink
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Recent Examples of soft drink
Stock image/file photo: A woman looks at shelves stocked with soft drinks in a grocery store.
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Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 June 2025
Participating fathers will receive unlimited video game play all day with admission, along with a buffet of food for competitive fuel, including cheeseburger sliders, flatbread cheese pizza, crispy chicken bites, pretzel dogs, French fries, macaroni and cheese, unlimited soft drinks and iced tea.
—Charlie Vargas, Oc Register, 10 June 2025
The increase continues for each additional drink, researchers said, and includes things like soft drinks and energy drinks as well as common sports drinks.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 3 June 2025
PepsiCo’s fourth quarter 2024 net revenue, for instance, slipped 0.2%, according to Kadence, which said its Frito-Lay brand dipped 3%, Quaker Foods tumbled 6%, and its beverage segment fell by 3% as some soft drinks fell on harder times.
—Louis Biscotti, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025
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Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 June 2025
Participating fathers will receive unlimited video game play all day with admission, along with a buffet of food for competitive fuel, including cheeseburger sliders, flatbread cheese pizza, crispy chicken bites, pretzel dogs, French fries, macaroni and cheese, unlimited soft drinks and iced tea.
—Charlie Vargas, Oc Register, 10 June 2025
The increase continues for each additional drink, researchers said, and includes things like soft drinks and energy drinks as well as common sports drinks.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 3 June 2025
PepsiCo’s fourth quarter 2024 net revenue, for instance, slipped 0.2%, according to Kadence, which said its Frito-Lay brand dipped 3%, Quaker Foods tumbled 6%, and its beverage segment fell by 3% as some soft drinks fell on harder times.
—Louis Biscotti, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for soft drink
Noun
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In a post to its TikTok account on Thursday, New York City’s Empire State Building shared a video celebrating the pop singer’s birthday.—
Stephen Daw,
Billboard,
27 June 2025
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Times pop music critic Mikael Wood and staff writer August Brown gathered to discuss the box set and what to make of its bounty.—
Mikael Wood,
Los Angeles Times,
27 June 2025
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Root beer and other sodas are costing a little more than last year, with the liter bottle up 2% but that is still cheaper than buying the soda by the can.—
Betty Lin-Fisher,
USA Today,
24 June 2025
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Nonalcoholic options include a variety of coffee, tea, sodas and juices.—
Irene Adeline Milanez,
Sacbee.com,
22 June 2025
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“Soft drink.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/soft%20drink. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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