sweeten
verb (used with object)
to make sweet, as by adding sugar.
has sweetened
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present perfectof sweeten (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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After getting rejected, Paramount has sweetened its original proposal, which called for paying $30 per share to take over the entire company.
From BBC ● Feb. 24, 2026
Netflix has sweetened its offer for Warner Bros.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 2, 2025
Plus, Skydance has sweetened its offer for Paramount controlling shareholder National Amusements.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 3, 2024
The steps, which take effect in January, are the latest example of how Walmart has sweetened the benefits offered to its 1.5 million U.S. employees, after weathering years of criticism that it shortchanged them.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 3, 2019
Ripe experience in the thundering years has sweetened our relations.
From Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war by Bone, David W. (David William)
