aftertaste

as in tang
a sensation that remains after something is experienced The wine has a fruity aftertaste.

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Recent Examples of aftertaste The finish is long and slightly dry, with a fruity, zesty aftertaste. Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025 The finish is long, with lingering spice notes and a smooth, slightly dry aftertaste. Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2025 We were left with a bitter aftertaste, though, by one slip of the tongue. Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 21 Feb. 2025 The Sour Lemon flavor is delicious and doesn’t leave a strong aftertaste, meaning these gummies are also pleasant to eat. Lydia Kariuki, The Mercury News, 2 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for aftertaste
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Noun
  • If Dan Burn’s goal and elevation to the England squad became the individual story of the weekend and Isak’s goal carried a tang of inevitability — so good, so unstoppable — then Newcastle’s midfield felt like the crux of it.
    George Caulkin, The Athletic, 24 Mar. 2025
  • The meat had crispy edges and pickles added a perfect tang.
    Brianna Taylor, Sacramento Bee, 14 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • But her teachers at the school left important afterimages.
    Gia Kourlas, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2025
  • Fire to create an afterimage of yourself that projects a beam of light in Valorant.
    Mike Stubbs, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Except he’s lured there in the dead of winter, presumably called once more by the ghosts of children killed by violence in years past.
    Matt Donnelly, Variety, 3 Apr. 2025
  • All these pieces suggested that artists today are grappling with the ghosts of American history, giving a visual language to specters that some might prefer not to see.
    Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 1 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Researchers were sounding the alarm about this in the 2010s when our digital technology was less advanced and there were fewer digital traces to enrich the datasets.
    Abigail Dubiniecki, Forbes.com, 1 Apr. 2025
  • The product has many uses such as to gently wipe away traces of the day or as a mini sheet mask treatment.
    Rosa Jisoo Pyo, Vogue, 1 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Dodger Stadium Team: Los Angeles Dodgers The Slugger is a 16-inch jalapeño cheddar sausage topped with corn relish, white cheddar cheese sauce, cilantro crema and crunchy tortilla strips, served with fries.
    Peter Burke, FOXNews.com, 27 Mar. 2025
  • The spicy pepper relish is balanced perfectly with a spread of creamy goat cheese to make for a satisfying bite.
    Abby Fribush, Southern Living, 21 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Rami Sinno is crouched beside a filing cabinet, wrestling a beach-ball sized disc out of a box, when a dull thump echoes around his laboratory.
    Billy Perrigo, Time, 2 Apr. 2025
  • The exultant and tragic horn calls in the symphonies and in Das Lied von der Erde—were these not the potent echoes of the shofar summoning the congregation on High Holidays?
    David Denby, The Atlantic, 1 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Chantel Christie-Jeffries, the daughter of Jackie Christie, steps out of her mother’s shadow and into the fire, raising the stakes for a family dynamic already rich with tension.
    Shelby Stewart, Essence, 3 Apr. 2025
  • Musk’s outsize support of Trump was always a political risk, but his decision to come aboard the administration and, at one time, position himself as a kind of shadow president is arguably the biggest bet of his career.
    Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 2 Apr. 2025

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“Aftertaste.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aftertaste. Accessed 11 Apr. 2025.

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