soft drink
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of soft drink
First recorded in 1875–80
Example Sentences
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Sprite, a Coca-Cola brand, was named the official soft drink of the National Basketball Association on Tuesday, replacing PepsiCo’s Starry.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026
Established in 1951 by Hartwig's grandfather Floyd, Twig's signature product is Sun Drop, a citrus-flavoured soft drink developed in 1940s Missouri.
From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026
For Coca-Cola, sparkling soft drink volumes were flat for the quarter, while trademark Coca-Cola volume grew 1%.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 10, 2026
Just like the slogan of that popular soft drink.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2026
I left: the game hall with Alhaji and we went outside and sat on a rock drinking the soft drink.
From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah
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