palatable
adjective
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Palatable comes from palate, a word for the roof of the mouth, which itself comes from Latin palatum. The palate was once thought of as the seat of the sense of taste, so the word eventually came to mean "sense of taste," or broadly, "liking."
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Examples of palatable in a Sentence
Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2024
Wolfe insisted toward the beginning of the show, manifesting a fantasy of more palatable performing conditions.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 31 Mar. 2024
And that can make transferable tax credits politically palatable.
—Matt Stevens, New York Times, 29 Mar. 2024
The test would not replace the gold-standard colonoscopy, experts said, but could boost the dismal rate of colorectal screenings with a less invasive and perhaps more palatable way to detect colon cancer.
—Erika Edwards, NBC News, 13 Mar. 2024
So, the tag isn’t the most palatable scenario for the Dolphins, who have additional key free agents, including offensive linemen Connor Williams and Robert Hunt and outside linebacker Andrew Van Ginkel, as well as other holes to fill after a second straight first-round exit.
—Daniel Oyefusi, Miami Herald, 19 Feb. 2024
In general, small gifts are a great way to make any kind of disruption from neighbors more palatable, suggested Chiara Riggs Sill, founder of Etiquette Moderne, which offers etiquette courses across California.
—Keith Wagstaff, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2024
Conveying the use case and value makes information about complex technologies more palatable and easier to understand for other senior leaders.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024
Others are more cautious about how to enforce it in a politically palatable way.
—Elizabeth Dias, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2024
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“Palatable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/palatable. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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