Word of the Day: palatable

The word palatable has appeared in 121 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year, including on Aug. 14 in “Bring Fans and Skip the Sights: Vacationing in Scorching Hot Europe” by Ceylan Yeginsu:

Ron Ross, 50, who works in technology sales, also visited Italy from Boston in July, traveling with his three teenage children. He worked with Joshua Smith, the founder of Global Citizen Journeys, who booked private tours and transfers that allowed his family to dodge some of the worst heat.

“The main thing was that we didn’t have to wait in line,” Mr. Ross said. “It made the whole experience a lot more palatable because we would get to the Colosseum or the Vatican and see endless lines of people waiting under the heat, but then we would go meet our private guy who took us in through a separate entrance.”

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