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a sweet baked food that is usually small, flat, and round
The afternoon tea was accompanied by an assortment of biscuits.
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Recent Examples of biscuit
The unbaked biscuits need to chill in the refrigerator for 30 minutes and up to 1 day before baking.
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The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 June 2025
Antonio Rosa Salva, the sixth generation to run the family business, told AP that the order includes the fishermen's biscuits, called bussolai, and zaletti cookies flavored with lemon zest and raisins.
—Erin Clack, People.com, 16 June 2025
Such clips usually also feature some combination of playing chess in bed, making homemade biscuits, replenishing logs in an outdoor fire pit, and walking around with a perpetual cup of tea in hand: a dream routine, as far as we’re concerned.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 17 June 2025
The free package includes a butter croissant, lemon ginger biscuits, and rosemary garlic sourdough, plus an exclusive Hot Fellas tote bag and a stylish bread towel, for proofing dough or keeping your bread soft and fresh post-bake.
—Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
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The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 June 2025
Antonio Rosa Salva, the sixth generation to run the family business, told AP that the order includes the fishermen's biscuits, called bussolai, and zaletti cookies flavored with lemon zest and raisins.
—Erin Clack, People.com, 16 June 2025
Such clips usually also feature some combination of playing chess in bed, making homemade biscuits, replenishing logs in an outdoor fire pit, and walking around with a perpetual cup of tea in hand: a dream routine, as far as we’re concerned.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 17 June 2025
The free package includes a butter croissant, lemon ginger biscuits, and rosemary garlic sourdough, plus an exclusive Hot Fellas tote bag and a stylish bread towel, for proofing dough or keeping your bread soft and fresh post-bake.
—Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
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cookie
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We, in collaboration with our partners, store and/or access information on a user's device, including but not limited to IP addresses, unique identifiers, and browsing data stored in cookies, in order to process personal data.—
Matthew Strauss,
Pitchfork,
1 July 2025
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With the phase-out of third-party cookies and stricter regulations, many organizations are retooling their personalization tech stack.—
Shiva Chandrashekher,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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“Biscuit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/biscuit. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.
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