beverages

noun

plural of beverage
as in drinks
a liquid suitable for drinking would anyone like a beverage with their snack?

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Recent Examples of beverages Middle and upper-class people would have wanted special implements for drinking these beverages and a place to drink it. — James Doubek, NPR, 3 July 2026 Guests enjoy an entree, snacks, and accompanying beer, wine, and other beverages. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 July 2026 Like everyone else on this sweltering day, Marc Pina was searching for cold beverages in the Fan Zone. — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 4 July 2026 Rissetto encourages her patients to cut back on alcoholic beverages. — Jay Stahl, USA Today, 27 June 2026 Consider non-alcoholic drinks like herbal teas for ritual, functional beverages with adaptogens for calm, or kombucha for effervescence and gut health. — Jesse Pines, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026 Every state taxes alcoholic beverages, though the tax treatment of certain alcoholic beverages may appear arbitrary. — Adam Hoffer, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026 Two of Canada’s 10 provinces, Alberta and Saskatchewan, are still selling American alcoholic beverages. — Lizzie Kane, Sacbee.com, 3 July 2026 Onboard Dining The Coast Starlight has a cafe service, where passengers can enjoy a variety of breakfast, lunch, and dinner items, along with snacks, wine, beer, spirits, and nonalcoholic beverages. — Abby Price, Travel + Leisure, 4 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for beverages
drinks
Noun
  • Small, sustainable changes — such as eating more vegetables and whole grains, choosing nuts or fruit instead of ultraprocessed snacks, and replacing sugary drinks with water — add up over time.
    — Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 6 July 2026
  • The Mai Mango is for the fans of tropical drinks, mixing coconut rum, pineapple amaro and amaretto before topping the drink with a coconut-banana whip ($16).
    — Katelyn Umholtz, Kansas City Star, 6 July 2026
Definition of drinks

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