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noun

a beverage that is not alcoholic or intoxicating and is usually carbonated, as root beer or ginger ale.

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Origin of soft drink

First recorded in 1875–80

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How to use soft drink in a sentence

There are two vending machines with candy and soft drinks, which the visitor can buy for the person who they come to see, in one corner.
Locked up in the Land of Liberty: Part IV|Yariel Valdés González|July 28, 2021|Washington Blade
Branson — a generalist entrepreneur who had made his name selling records, airlines, hotels, wedding dresses, soft drinks and, now, spaceships — was less interested in replacing NASA than in extending his hospitality empire to suborbital space.
What’s driving the pilots that will fly paying customers into space?|Amelia Urry|June 11, 2021|Washington Post
Typically, the soft drink company’s approach to the Super Bowl includes a business-to-business element but it is usually limited to in-person events and hosting guests at the Super Bowl, said Justin Toman, head of sports marketing at Pepsi.
Why Front Office Sports and Pepsi are taking a B2B approach to Super Bowl marketing|Kayleigh Barber|February 2, 2021|Digiday
We still see some outages now in the things that are packaged in aluminum cans because there’s a shortage there—some beers and soft drinks and some challenges there.
Albertsons CEO Vivek Sankaran Says His Stores Can Vaccinate More Americans. He Just Needs the Doses|Eben Shapiro|January 31, 2021|Time

In carbonated soft drinks, Coca-Cola and PepsiCo have long shared almost three-quarters of the market, while Starbucks has reigned as the place to go for coffee.
Keurig is a machine: How the beverage giant is leveraging A.I. to fuel growth|Shawn Tully|October 19, 2020|Fortune
No matter what the soft drink commercials and headphone companies say, football is not about the star players.
Why the Yanks Don’t Get Futbol|Nico Hines|June 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Take your average lunch: turkey sandwich (white bread, lettuce, mayo, cheese), soft drink, and potato chips.
These Diet Lessons From Olympians Will Help You Lose Weight and Look Awesome|Jenna A. Bell|February 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The soft drink had 28 percent more caffeine than regular Pepsi but 77 percent less than coffee.
The 21 Worst Food Ideas Ever||September 7, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Think fast: Is it the buzz of the bubble in the soft drink that turns you on?
How to Watch Out for Hidden Sugar and Replace With Leaner Substitutes|Diana Le Dean|February 23, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The company diversified into soft drink and juice production in the late 1960s.
Ale Under the Veil|David Frum|March 26, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Jim smiled reminiscently and then said, "I'm going to start an ice cream and soft drink joint next to the moving picture show."
Still Jim|Honor Willsie Morrow
From the depths of his bag he found a bottle and poured a half-tumbler for me; it went down like a whiskey-flavored soft drink.
Highways in Hiding|George Oliver Smith
Don't eat anything or patronize the soft drink stand during a march.
The Plattsburg Manual|O.O. Ellis and E.B. Garey
Grimm walked unassisted to the rear of a nearby soft drink place from whence he was taken to a hospital.
The Centralia Conspiracy|Ralph Chaplin
And I don't even remember whether we had a drink, a soft drink, or not.
Warren Commission (9 of 26): Hearings Vol. IX (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy

British Dictionary definitions for soft drink

soft drink

noun

a nonalcoholic drink, usually cold

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