1
as in spiciness
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as in suggestiveness
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Manz, a sales engineer from Germany visiting New York City at the time, alleged that the restaurant failed to warn customers about the spiciness of the salsas.—
Melina Khan,
USA Today,
12 Mar. 2026 -
Add more chili powder to increase the heat and spiciness of this dish.—
Nellah Bailey McGough,
Southern Living,
20 Feb. 2026
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The other funnymen of the time—Milton Berle with his lewd suggestiveness, Jackie Gleason with his baleful roar—did the same shtick over and over.—
David Denby,
New Yorker,
10 Nov. 2025
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That Mann himself had written stories on gay themes added to the piquancy of the encounter.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
14 Mar. 2026
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And a jicama salad is my personal favorite, balancing heat in piquancy and chill in temperature.—
Lyndsay C. Green,
Freep.com,
1 Apr. 2025
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This wine is co-fermented with Cabernet Franc, which adds an extra layer of brightness and earthiness in the mid-palate.—
Mike DeSimone,
Robb Report,
15 Mar. 2026
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An answer to that hunger lies in these hearty beef flautas, which get tang and earthiness from adobo and lime, and a tenderness from many hours of slow cooking.—
John Metcalfe,
Mercury News,
11 Mar. 2026
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Other posts on social media include similar recipes that also use sugar, heavy cream, salt, whole milk, lime zest and water, with those ingredients also needing to be mixed and run through an ice cream maker to achieve the soft serve texture and consistency.—
Kate Perez,
USA Today,
20 Mar. 2026
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Add the remaining ¼ cup (60 ml) extra-virgin olive oil, ¼ cup (60 ml) apple cider vinegar, grated zest and juice of 1 lime, 1 Tbsp.—
Andre Fowles,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
20 Mar. 2026
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Despite the heavy central theme of chronic illness, there’s a delicious bawdiness to Will There Ever Be Another You, a vulgar juvenilia evoking graffiti-tag genitals or the ding dong ditch scene from Billy Madison.—
Eric Olson
September 23,
Literary Hub,
23 Sep. 2025
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Key Takeaways Capsaicin, the bioactive compound that gives chili peppers their pungency, can impact your gastrointestinal system and digestion.—
Anna Giorgi,
Verywell Health,
17 Feb. 2026
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Ginger contains more than 400 chemical compounds, but the anti-nausea effect primarily stems from two — gingerol and shogaol — which give the plant its pungency.—
The New York Times News Service Syndicate,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Feb. 2026
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Democrats expressed discomfort with the broadness of the list.—
Kayla Dwyer,
IndyStar,
6 Mar. 2026
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The broadness of the sales tax also matters, Close said.—
Michelle Fox,
CNBC,
25 Nov. 2025
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“Raciness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/raciness. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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