aftertaste

as in tang
a sensation that remains after something is experienced The wine has a fruity aftertaste.

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Recent Examples of aftertaste The water also picks up a metallic aftertaste that is far from refreshing. Boutayna Chokrane, WIRED, 10 Mar. 2025 Good merlot is certainly possible, and let Broadside’s be exhibit A, with its plummy, minty flavor and pleasantly bitter aftertaste. Eric Asimov, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2025 One commenter felt there was a bit of a floury aftertaste. Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Mar. 2025 The finish is long and slightly dry, with a fruity, zesty aftertaste. Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for aftertaste
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Noun
  • If Dan Burn’s goal and elevation to the England squad became the individual story of the weekend and Isak’s goal carried a tang of inevitability — so good, so unstoppable — then Newcastle’s midfield felt like the crux of it.
    George Caulkin, The Athletic, 24 Mar. 2025
  • The meat had crispy edges and pickles added a perfect tang.
    Brianna Taylor, Sacramento Bee, 14 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • But her teachers at the school left important afterimages.
    Gia Kourlas, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2025
  • Fire to create an afterimage of yourself that projects a beam of light in Valorant.
    Mike Stubbs, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Elytra Dark will serve as a transfer vehicle to bring the Blue ghost lander to the moon.
    Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Apr. 2025
  • But for all the ghost runners, bigger bases, pitch clocks, instant replays and (maybe) robot umps that spark debate, there’s one new rule that seems to be working really well.
    Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Strategist, Neil Richardson, suggests that our digital shadows, the sum total of our online expressions and biometric traces, may soon outlive us, creating some kind of posthumous identity that transcends mortality.
    Tracey Follows, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
  • This is how breaks with reality occur now, aided, in part, by the internet’s justification machine, which is an efficient mechanism for dispelling any trace of cognitive dissonance.
    Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 9 Apr. 2025
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  • Scroll on for the best razors and relish in the glide.
    Annie Blackman, Allure, 27 Mar. 2025
  • Pickle-caper relish can be made up to one day in advance.
    Catherine Jessee, Southern Living, 27 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Regulations offer the starkest echo of the Ring’s curse.
    Jon Fleischman, Oc Register, 12 Apr. 2025
  • The pledge was an echo of a $350-billion investment commitment in the U.S. that Apple made during Trump’s first term when the iPhone was exempted from China tariffs.
    Mae Anderson and Michael Liedtke, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • From data leakage to shadow engineering, no-code, robotic process automation (RPA) and AI apps create an expanding attack surface that is beyond the reach of standard security controls.
    Yair Finzi, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
  • Lisa Stardust reveals how this post-Mercury and Venus shadow period will affect each zodiac sign Comments Mercury and Venus retrograde are finally coming to an end!
    Lisa Stardust, People.com, 13 Apr. 2025

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“Aftertaste.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aftertaste. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.

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