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  • noun Plural form of sweetener.

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Examples

  • When Republicans force a bill that ignores the plight of Americans, but includes so-called sweeteners, that is not worthy of support.

    Happy Halloween from NPI! 2008

  • JIM MCDERMOTT (D), WASHINGTON: When Republicans force a bill that ignores the plight of regular Americans but includes so - called sweeteners, that is not worthy of support.

    CNN Transcript Oct 3, 2008 2008

  • When Republicans force a bill that ignores the plight of Americans, but includes so-called sweeteners, that is not worthy of support.

    U.S. House passes bailout bill with sweeteners added, WA's McDermott joins No camp 2008

  • Heartland produces and distributes branded and private-label sweeteners, often sold in discount stores.

    IndyStar.com Top Stories 2010

  • LONDON (AP) -- Shares in sugar and sweeteners company Tate & Lyle PLC dropped 5 percent on Tuesday after it revealed that a U.S. court had ruled against its bid to ban imports of certain Chinese sweeteners to the United States.

    Manufacturing.net Headline News 2009

  • And, by the way, those little "sweeteners" -- the Congressional earmarks for children's wooden arrows, racetracks and the rums of Puerto Rico -- are paid for with red ink too.

    Scott Bittle and Jean Johnson: National Debt Passes $10 Trillion, No One Notices 2008

  • These are needed for so-called sweeteners to entice investors in the deal, to pay accrued interest on the bonds of €5.5 billion, to recapitalize the Greek banks to cover losses from the restructuring and for temporary guarantees for the European Central Bank to take the place of the Greek government bonds that banks have lodged as collateral for loans from the ECB.

    Optimism Grows for Greek Accord Riva Froymovich 2012

  • As sugar substitutes go, Truvia and stevia are probably better than some of lab-produced artificial sweeteners, which is why I recommend it.

    The 17 Day Diet Dr. Mike Moreno 2010

  • And as senators prepare to vote on the Wall Street bailout, you won't believe some of the so-called sweeteners that have been added to the legislation that is so necessary for our economy we're told.

    CNN Transcript Oct 1, 2008 2008

  • As you probably heard by now, what started out as a bad deal for the country got a whole heck of a lot worse last night when the thieves in the Senate added $150 billion in so-called sweeteners to the bailout bill.

    CNN Transcript Oct 2, 2008 2008

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