as in enhancing
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 sweetening
Again this year, restaurants are sweetening the deal for customers who purchase gift cards for those on their holiday lists.
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Linda Zavoral, Mercury News, 25 Nov. 2025
Using natural sweetening agents or experimenting with spices can improve the texture and flavor of your favorite desserts.
—Lauren Panoff, Verywell Health, 20 Oct. 2025
After these crops are exposed to a light freeze near the end of the season, the starches within them gradually turn to sugar, sweetening their palatability.
—Anthony Reardon, Kansas City Star, 18 Oct. 2025
The news led many to speculate that the move was a political one aimed at sweetening a then-pending merger between parent company Paramount and Skydance — a deal that the companies needed the FCC to approve.
—Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Sep. 2025
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Linda Zavoral, Mercury News, 25 Nov. 2025
Using natural sweetening agents or experimenting with spices can improve the texture and flavor of your favorite desserts.
—Lauren Panoff, Verywell Health, 20 Oct. 2025
After these crops are exposed to a light freeze near the end of the season, the starches within them gradually turn to sugar, sweetening their palatability.
—Anthony Reardon, Kansas City Star, 18 Oct. 2025
The news led many to speculate that the move was a political one aimed at sweetening a then-pending merger between parent company Paramount and Skydance — a deal that the companies needed the FCC to approve.
—Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sweetening
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Several popular peptides work by enhancing the body’s response to growth hormone, which doctors say could have an unintended consequence of promoting tumor growth.—
Dominique Mosbergen,
Time,
24 Feb. 2026
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Federal and state officials have a unique opportunity to find solutions for many of today’s most prominent issues such as creating jobs, ensuring affordable and reliable energy for consumers, and enhancing our national security.—
Edward Cross,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Feb. 2026
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The upsurge in violence after Oseguera Cervantes’ killing occurs as some indicators in Mexico’s security situation seemed to be improving.—
Angélica Durán-Martínez,
The Conversation,
24 Feb. 2026
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Jones will be a critical figure in improving USC’s interior and developing Stewart.—
Ryan Kartje,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Feb. 2026
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Tulsa Mayor Monroe Nichols proposed a $105 million private trust, called Road to Repair, aimed at ameliorating the long-term damage of the massacre through scholarships, housing, and general reinvestment in Tulsa’s Greenwood district.—
Caleb Gayle,
The Atlantic,
28 Jan. 2026
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“Sweetening.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sweetening. Accessed 3 Mar. 2026.
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