palatable
adjective
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Palatable comes from palate, a word for the roof of the mouth, which itself comes from Latin palatum. The palate was once thought of as the seat of the sense of taste, so the word eventually came to mean "sense of taste," or broadly, "liking."
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Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 12 Sep. 2024
Energy Reporter Nancy Vu took a look at how the Left’s one-time dream climate candidate has remade herself in a more palatable image in the latest installment of our series examining the ways everyone is trying to define her with fewer than 100 days left until Election Day.
—Max Thornberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 2 Aug. 2024
So the battle to make climate policy palatable could make all the difference, not just in the outcome of the election but in hardening American sentiment about the green transition.
—TIME, 30 July 2024
In the ‘70s, designers like Yves Saint Laurent with his Rive Gauche collection made the style not just palatable but aspirational in the fashion world.
—Kristen Philipkoski, Forbes, 19 Sep. 2024
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“Palatable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/palatable. Accessed 7 Oct. 2024.
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