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"an acquired taste for" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is typically used to describe something that is not immediately enjoyable, but becomes more enjoyable with repeated exposure or experience. Example: "I never used to like spicy food, but after living in Thailand for a year, I developed an acquired taste for it." In this example, the person is describing how they did not enjoy spicy food at first, but grew to enjoy it over time. The phrase "an acquired taste for" highlights the idea that their taste for the food changed after being exposed to it repeatedly.
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That may be all there is to it, an acquired taste for the expensive things of life without the means to support the habit.
Vladimir Jurowski has long been a champion of Alexander Zemlinsky, whose music, an acquired taste for some, he regularly includes in his programmes with the London Philharmonic Orchestra.
A. It was an acquired taste for me because I didn't have any experience with it other than listening to records.
Mr. Young may be an acquired taste for some (one of my college roommates, unfortunately, never appreciated him, nor my incessant playing of his albums).
Aesthetically speaking, carp, which lack the streamlined shape and the delicate watercolor patterns of trout, are an acquired taste for some.
There's still much brow-furrowing and brush-stabbing to Timothy Spall's hale, hearty, grunty performance as JMW Turner – an acquired taste, for all the garlands lavished upon it – but it's in the service of a narrative that locates an honest streak of mania in the man's genius.
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They don't call for an acquired taste of Scotch and other dark liquors.
Mr. Willis has always been an acquired taste, but for those who did acquire that taste, it's a pleasure to see him doing what comes naturally.
And if her two-generations-removed repertory seems a peculiar acquired taste for mass consumption, you haven't tried Starbucks' caffe latte.
I am deeply concerned he might trade his good old greed for a newly acquired taste for power.
Soldiers came back from the war with a newly acquired taste for their products, and women were integrating the workplace in droves.
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