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The linguistic transformation known as object deletion is used to ensure that instances of police aggression are rendered more palatable .
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And the fact that some boys may have been whipped unjustly fifty years ago does not make that injustice more palatable today.
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Other factors have also forced a rethink on the left, making it more palatable to Washington.
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Public financing is more palatable , however, when combined with other, more popular reforms such as limits on campaign spending.
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This detail may not make the annual recorded crime figures, showing another rise in violent crime, seem much more palatable .
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The figures were made no more palatable by a spate of published tables listing Britain's richest people.
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The people of Wootton Bassett want those words translated into a more palatable future.
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The thousand-headed and dwarf thousand-headed varieties are the hardiest; the marrow-stemmed are more palatable but not so frost-resistant.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a palatable wine
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A docudrama can remedy unhappy or unjust conclusions by packaging them in palatable forms.
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Barley straw is soft and palatable , and is widely used as bulk feed for beef cattle.
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Dinner was sardines and stew, made palatable by two lots of vodka.
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Every charcuterie in town had been ransacked in order to provide something palatable .
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If there was no numbing and if the item was reasonably palatable , then they'd take another small bite and swallow.
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The food is now palatable , and the medical treatment first-rate.
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The new invention was nutritious, palatable , cheap and simple to make.
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There was certainly an ample amount of food, and it was all reasonably palatable .