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tastes

  • plural of taste.
  • present tense form of taste (3rd person singular).

Example Sentences

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“I don’t want to say anything about the scrub jay—I’m sure it tastes delicious with barbecue sauce,” she said in an interview.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 23, 2026

Not only is this breakfast nutritious, it also tastes great.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 21, 2026

Further analysis showed that these unwanted tastes were not caused by the protein itself.

From Science Daily • Jun. 15, 2026

In the 1970s and 1980s, for example, sales plummeted as stricter safety restrictions made them more expensive to build, while consumer tastes moved towards high-performance hatchbacks.

From BBC • Jun. 14, 2026

My mouth is dry and tastes like I’ve been chewing the soles of old Nikes.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman