- plural of taste bud.
taste buds
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For decades, food companies have relied on a proven playbook: cater to consumers’ taste buds with sugar, salt and a steadily expanding galaxy of flavors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
They can help your gut, your blood pressure, your cholesterol—and your taste buds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 10, 2026
Just a little something to tickle my fickle taste buds.
From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2025
“If you do it incrementally, you actually can train your taste buds to prefer a whole different suite of foods,” Katz said.
From Salon ● Dec. 25, 2024
My stomach gurgled excited approval, but my brain reminded my taste buds that this had been made by Dad’s hands.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
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