soft drink

noun

: a usually carbonated nonalcoholic beverage
especially : soda pop

Examples of soft drink in a Sentence

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Join Riverside Luxury Cruises’ 13-day Moselle Mosaic with Middle & Upper Rhine, from $9,600 per person, including all meals and soft drinks. Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 31 July 2025 At coffee machine and soft drink maker Keurig Dr Pepper , CEO Timothy Cofer said the levies can weigh on the coffee segment in the second half of the year. Alex Harring, CNBC, 25 July 2025 Please be assured that Coca-Cola brand soft drinks do not contain any harmful substances. Mandy Taheri gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 July 2025 Could a key ingredient in Coca-Cola be changed? President Donald Trump has recently advocated that the soft drink giant replace their source of sweetener with sugar cane. Marley Malenfant, Austin American Statesman, 17 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for soft drink

Word History

First Known Use

1843, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of soft drink was in 1843

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“Soft drink.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/soft%20drink. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.

Kids Definition

soft drink

noun
: a sweet flavored beverage containing no alcohol
especially : soda pop

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