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as in zest
the quality or state of being stimulating to the mind or senses
a new hobby will add spice to your life
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Recent Examples of spice
Rebecca Rubin,
Variety,
22 June 2026
Pickled Fresnos punch up the dish with a nice bit of briney tang that’s followed by a warming spice that isn’t overpowering but keeps you coming back for more.
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Amanda Stanfield,
Southern Living,
22 June 2026
Gemma Johnstone,
The Spruce,
22 June 2026
The scent of pistachio and spices invited visitors toward vendors who offered samples of sweets stuffed with dates or nuts and shots of strong black coffee spiced heavily with cardamom.
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Luis Melecio-Zambrano,
Mercury News,
21 June 2026
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Noun
They were created by Professor Utonium by using a mixture of sugar, spice and everything nice.
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Rebecca Rubin,
Variety,
22 June 2026
Pickled Fresnos punch up the dish with a nice bit of briney tang that’s followed by a warming spice that isn’t overpowering but keeps you coming back for more.
—
Amanda Stanfield,
Southern Living,
22 June 2026
Verb
While not every variety has a strong scent, heirloom (old garden) roses emit delicious fragrances ranging from sweet to citrus to spice.
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Gemma Johnstone,
The Spruce,
22 June 2026
The scent of pistachio and spices invited visitors toward vendors who offered samples of sweets stuffed with dates or nuts and shots of strong black coffee spiced heavily with cardamom.
—
Luis Melecio-Zambrano,
Mercury News,
21 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spice
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Salicylates can also give scents a warm, enveloping, skin-like quality.
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Wipe the microwave with a cloth to easily remove grime and leave a fresh lemon scent.
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The eatery also sells half pints of select flavors for customers who want to share the treat at home.
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Pepper’s understands that a hot dog should be fun, dressed up and full of flavor.
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In a food processor or blender, combine garlic, shallots, olive oil, parsley, dill, capers, basil, lemon zest and juice.
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Some gingerbread has been served with lemon sauce, or incorporated the zest of an orange or a little cocoa.
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Dior and Louboutin also have luxury beauty lines, while Dior and Cartier have major fragrance businesses.
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There was also the Run space from WSN and ANDAM, featuring 12 designers across men’s, women’s, accessories and, for the first time, fragrance.
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It is widely appreciated for its flavoring potential, and its fragrance has been adopted for everything from toothpaste to tea.
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Wild beavers went extinct in the UK around 400 years ago, as humans hunted them for their fur, meat and scent gland secretions, which have a musky, vanilla-like fragrance and were used as food flavoring and in perfumes.
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Those split levels of child and adult consciousness give the film a certain piquancy, a little gap where drama can spark in a story where almost nothing really happens except a kid takes a plane ride, or several plane rides, with his mom.
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That Mann himself had written stories on gay themes added to the piquancy of the encounter.
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His-and-hers hydrotherapy facilities each have a vitality pool, aroma-steam room, sauna, ice fountain and experience showers.
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Industry experts recommend choosing products based on aroma, terpenes, and considering THC as merely one factor among many.
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The drink is bubbly and crisp, with that familiar tang, reminiscent of apple cider vinegar, that’s common in most kombucha varieties.
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The tang of the sauce was eye-widening and immediate, crackling with the bright, citrusy charge of tomatillos and serrano chiles.
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“Spice.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spice. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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