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sweetens

  • present tense form
    of sweeten (3rd person singular).
    sweeten
    verb (used with object)
    to make sweet, as by adding sugar.

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It may also offer them a cut of the spoils from a tolled Strait, but that hardly sweetens the foul deal for the rest of the world.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 28, 2026

Here is how the deal sours for Netflix and sweetens for Paramount.

From MarketWatch Dec. 22, 2025

Ava sweetens the moment by telling her mentor that this token is something they should have shared a long time ago.

From Salon May 9, 2025

Freewheeling assessments of the gaming industry have attracted millions of fans to the YouTube reviews of the personality nicknamed Dunkey, whose self-deprecating humor sweetens his critiques of popular video games.

From New York Times May 9, 2024

When they walk away, The dime of sun Pavs them back With laughter And the juice runs To their elbows, Sticky summer rain That sweetens the street.

From "Neighborhood Odes" by Gary Soto