as in to candy
to make more desirable we really want you to work for our company—what can we do to sweeten the job offer?

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Recent Examples of sweeten And they’re all sweetened, usually with stevia, monk fruit, sucralose, or a similar low/no calorie sweetener. Adam Campbell-Schmitt, Bon Appetit Magazine, 23 Oct. 2025 It can be enjoyed plain, sweetened, or with a squeeze of lemon. Jillian Kubala, Health, 22 Oct. 2025 Landlords anxious to fill their empty apartments have sweetened incentives to levels unmatched in the past 15 years, with some newer buildings offering up to three months of free rent, according to the Apartment Association of Metro Denver. Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 22 Oct. 2025 In addition to carrots, beets, turnips, and parsnips, light freezes prime hardier radishes and rutabagas for sweetening. Anthony Reardon, Kansas City Star, 18 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for sweeten
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  • The store clerk directs me to the sample station that’s lined with over a dozen different pecan variations: candied, chocolate coated, jalapeño dusted, and raw.
    Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 13 Oct. 2025
  • We were not provided a sample to try yet, but the official tasting notes describe sweet cinnamon toast, fruit nougat, and candied nuts on the nose.
    Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 2 Oct. 2025
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  • Far from creating a cold, mechanical work experience, AI collaboration enhanced positive emotions in ways that rival human teamwork itself.
    François Candelon, Fortune, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Some of these technologies are essential for ensuring the proper functioning of the service or website and cannot be disabled, while others are optional but serve to enhance the user experience in various ways.
    Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 31 Oct. 2025
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  • Following Monday night’s win over the Portland Trail Blazers, the Los Angeles Lakers improved to 6-2, tying for second place in the Western Conference.
    Cole Sullivan, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
  • One way the company is hoping to improve performance is by lowering the inventory.
    Ricardo Torres, jsonline.com, 4 Nov. 2025
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  • The 34-mile road winds through several ecosystems from cove hardwood to northern hardwood to pine oak to spruce fir.
    Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 13 Aug. 2025
  • Today’s Amazon deals are all about sprucing things up: your desktop setup, your tablet experience, and your audio at home or the beach.
    Shubham Yewale, PCMAG, 20 Feb. 2025

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“Sweeten.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sweeten. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.

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