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Peking duck gets its succulence from that bird’s fatty nature.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 24, 2025

“The Gilded Age” has always plied high-toned melodrama as its chief asset, but Season 3 ripens the starched formality of previous episodes into succulence.

From Salon • Jun. 22, 2025

Order breast meat, and find it uniformly, almost uncannily tender; the dark meat is a study in succulence, with richness provided by more variation in texture.

From Seattle Times • May 9, 2024

This is as good a statement as any of the guiding ethic of “Affinities,” which zooms in on everyday images to reveal their secret succulence.

From Washington Post • Apr. 20, 2023

The apples of the past year are well-nigh gone, and the few that remain have lost their succulence, and are dry and flavorless.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 by Various