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adjective

palatable

CEFR C2

acceptable to the taste or mind

In a sentence

Six example sentences with palatable, each labelled with its topic.

  • Boiling the greens twice makes them palatable, though a little olive oil and lemon does far more.

    Cooking

  • The council rewrote the parking plan until it was palatable to shopkeepers, drivers, and the cycling group alike.

    Politics

  • The revised terms were palatable enough that the bondholders dropped their objection and signed before the deadline.

    Finance

  • The pharmacist added a cherry flavor to make the syrup palatable, and the toddler stopped spitting out each dose.

    Medicine

  • The founders made the pay cut palatable by pairing it with extra equity and a clear date for the next raise.

    Startups

  • The settlement became palatable to the family once the company agreed to a public apology as well as payment.

    Law

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