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Recent Examples of candy
Kaila Yu, Forbes.com, 31 May 2025
Then, try one of our Test Kitchen’s favorite ideas for cooking, baking, and making drinks with orange peels:
Make candied orange peel strips to garnish desserts.
—Heather Riske, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 May 2025
Alex Morris, Rolling Stone, 15 June 2025
The colors, textures and lighting are ripe for Instagramming, leading some critics to dismiss the installations as art candy or a tourist trap.
—The New York Times, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 June 2025
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Verb
The Crying Tiger Seared Tuna features avocado salad and pickled gooseberries, while the Walnut Shrimp balances candied walnuts and walnut aioli with radish.
—Kaila Yu, Forbes.com, 31 May 2025
Then, try one of our Test Kitchen’s favorite ideas for cooking, baking, and making drinks with orange peels:
Make candied orange peel strips to garnish desserts.
—Heather Riske, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 May 2025
Noun
In a hilariously pointed study that was also included in the PNAS article, people primed to think of themselves as upper-class were more likely to take candy from a jar that they had been told was meant for kids in a nearby lab.
—Alex Morris, Rolling Stone, 15 June 2025
The colors, textures and lighting are ripe for Instagramming, leading some critics to dismiss the installations as art candy or a tourist trap.
—The New York Times, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for candy
Verb
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Where some agents propose taking a smaller percentage of prospects’ contracts than other agents would to sweeten their submission.—
Alec Lewis,
New York Times,
17 June 2025
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The expansion comes as other states from New York to California to Texas have sweetened or are in the process of expanding their production incentives to keep projects from moving out of state and out of the country.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
13 June 2025
Noun
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The product, a nut butter spread used in desserts, including ice cream, is manufactured by Emek Dogal Saglik Urunleri Iklim Gida Insaat San Tic Ltd Sti in Turkey and imported into the United States.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
18 June 2025
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The public can sample a mix of traditional savory food and desserts such as papaya salad, barbecue and herbal beverages.—
San Diego Union-Tribune,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 June 2025
Verb
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Whether your patio could use sprucing or your living room needs reinvigorating, doing home makeovers on a budget is tough.—
Shea Simmons,
Southern Living,
22 May 2025
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Today’s Amazon deals are all about sprucing things up: your desktop setup, your tablet experience, and your audio at home or the beach.—
Shubham Yewale,
PCMAG,
20 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The diet also slashes consumption of sweets and recommends small amounts of dairy and meat, especially red meat.—
Sandee LaMotte,
CNN Money,
23 June 2025
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The Hatteras Village staple, which Wicker also recommends, has been around since 1948, providing locals and visitors alike with all kinds of sweets, snacks, and souvenirs.—
Lydia Mansel,
Travel + Leisure,
16 June 2025
Verb
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After four weeks, his strength, sensitivity and coordination had improved, according to Thomas.—
Michelle Marchante,
Miami Herald,
19 June 2025
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Houck’s fastball sat 94-96 mph and his slider was notably improved.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
19 June 2025
Noun
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Peer at the pendulous breasts on a Medici workshop ewer or those on a screeching siren centered on an 18th-century scalloped sweetmeat dish.—
Lisa Wong Macabasco,
Vogue,
31 Mar. 2025
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But street food vendors — with their pungent salads, oodles of noodles, and coconut sweetmeats — have lately become the target of some of the capital’s planners.—
BostonGlobe.com,
BostonGlobe.com,
15 Dec. 2019
Verb
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Thoughtful packaging enhances brand perception, encourages repeat purchases and boosts word-of-mouth.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2025
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These gothic elements enhance the book’s central preoccupations of trust, fidelity, and the difficulty of fully knowing another person—or oneself.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
23 June 2025
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“Candy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/candy. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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