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as in tasteful
very pleasing to the sense of taste
the family sat down to a delicious Thanksgiving dinner
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as in delightful
giving pleasure or contentment to the mind or senses
a delicious breeze gave us welcome relief from the tropical heat
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a delicious meal
a delicious aroma
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Recent Examples of delicious
No one ever needs an excuse to visit Italy — or for residents to while away an afternoon or evening over a delicious meal and fine wine.
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Andrea Onate, WWD, 5 Dec. 2024
Luxurious Cashmere Sweaters Is there anything more luxurious than a delicious piece of cashmere?
—Laura Jackson, Vogue, 4 Dec. 2024
Naturally, there will be plenty of drinks to go with these delicious Thai bites, including a My Thai with a rum blend, curaçao, coconut, lemongrass, ginger, and lime, and a mocktail Thai Basil Cucumber Spritz made with Seedlip grove, cucumber, Thai basil, and Kaffir lime.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 4 Dec. 2024
The meal looks homemade and delicious, and Srisatta finishes all of it well within his 15-minute window.
—Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 22 Nov. 2024
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Andrea Onate, WWD, 5 Dec. 2024
Luxurious Cashmere Sweaters Is there anything more luxurious than a delicious piece of cashmere?
—Laura Jackson, Vogue, 4 Dec. 2024
Naturally, there will be plenty of drinks to go with these delicious Thai bites, including a My Thai with a rum blend, curaçao, coconut, lemongrass, ginger, and lime, and a mocktail Thai Basil Cucumber Spritz made with Seedlip grove, cucumber, Thai basil, and Kaffir lime.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 4 Dec. 2024
The meal looks homemade and delicious, and Srisatta finishes all of it well within his 15-minute window.
—Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 22 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for delicious
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The weighty subject of Whitehead’s novel seems to demand a straight story—the kind that announces its respect for the material through impressively unvarnished performances, dutiful attention to period trappings, a tasteful approach to the story’s violence.K. Austin Collins, The Atlantic, 13 Dec. 2024
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Now, with the recent opening of her shop, along with Porta, Three 80 Atlantic, the Consistency Project, and Misha and Puff, among others, the block has become, almost by accident, an absurdly tasteful Main Street.Rachel Davies, Curbed, 9 Dec. 2024
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From Paris to Hong Kong, the best places to go for Christmas around the world offer their own delightful twists on the holiday spirit—with plenty of familiar seasonal traditions like Christmas markets, ice skating, and glimmering trees to satisfy every nostalgic yuletide yearning.Christina Pérez, Vogue, 13 Dec. 2024
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To the east of Guadalupe, the Canton de Marie-Galante is an authentic island with beautiful beaches, delightful restaurants, wildland hikes, and some really terrific rum distilleries.Kathleen Turner, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
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Our tasters agreed that there was a pleasant, verdant, peppery aroma.Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 17 Dec. 2024
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Anyone looking for a pleasant way to take daily vitamins: Gummy vitamins taste good and may feel like a small treat.Lana Barhum, Verywell Health, 16 Dec. 2024
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If your pup likes chewing on stuff, giving them edible chews or chew toys will keep them from ruining your furniture.Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
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From fine wines and colourful macarons to Tuscan olive oils and pecorino cheese, these boxes are filled with an assortment of edible gifts.Irenie Forshaw, The Week UK, theweek, 2 Dec. 2024
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Dipping Options This shrimp dip would be tasty on crackers, chips, or even a fresh bagel.Giovanna Vazquez, Southern Living, 8 Dec. 2024
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And these chocolate bars aren’t a chore to eat — their six unique flavors are genuinely tasty.Lydia Kariuki, The Mercury News, 4 Dec. 2024
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Fruit is another unprocessed, sweet option for dessert that is both nutrient-dense and delicious, Siegel and Arévalo said.Simon Spichak, Health, 10 Dec. 2024
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Both start as regular wine, to which producers add botanicals (like wormwood and quinine), extra alcohol and some kind of sweet syrup, to create a red or white version.Sofia Perez, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
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Many foods that are yummy to humans are harmful to birds.Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Dec. 2024
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This ham is spiraled and salty, with lots of yummy marbling around the sides.Carrie Honaker, Southern Living, 11 Dec. 2024
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Two hundred of her closest family and friends made it on the nice list and were invited to her winter celebration.Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 16 Dec. 2024
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The result improved on the efficiency of previous packings, while making use of a novel approach: Rather than packing spheres in a nice, organized way, as Viazovska had done, the mathematicians used graph theory to pack spheres in a very disorderly fashion.Jordana Cepelewicz, Quanta Magazine, 16 Dec. 2024
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“Delicious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/delicious. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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