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Recent Examples of candy
Lorenza Medley, Charlotte Observer, 2 Sep. 2025
The tomato simple syrup adds candied complexity that plays off the nuttiness of the sherry.
—The New York Times News Service Syndicate, Denver Post, 19 Aug. 2025
Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2025
Halloween may be over, but the candy is still flowing.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 6 Nov. 2025
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Verb
This magnificent fruit can be candied, bobbed, picked and pied.
—Lorenza Medley, Charlotte Observer, 2 Sep. 2025
The tomato simple syrup adds candied complexity that plays off the nuttiness of the sherry.
—The New York Times News Service Syndicate, Denver Post, 19 Aug. 2025
Noun
American Consumers ⬅➡ If the Court strikes down tariffs, importers will get the refunds, not the people who paid $16 for a bag of Halloween candy.
—Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2025
Halloween may be over, but the candy is still flowing.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 6 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for candy
Verb
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Cooks use honey to sweeten and moisten baked goods, mellow vinaigrettes, and balance sweet-and-sour sauces.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
9 Nov. 2025
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These are sweetened with applesauce and bound together with almond butter (peanut butter also works).—
Lizzy Briskin,
Better Homes & Gardens,
9 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The snack was allegedly a chocolate bar, The Independent reported.—
Escher Walcott,
PEOPLE,
11 Nov. 2025
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Both packages include a choice of three salads, roasted turkey with stuffing and gravy, a choice of two sides (mashed potatoes, sweet potato casserole, asparagus) and one dessert (carrot cake, chocolate cake, or pumpkin cheesecake).—
Bradley Hohulin,
IndyStar,
11 Nov. 2025
Verb
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The 34-mile road winds through several ecosystems from cove hardwood to northern hardwood to pine oak to spruce fir.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
13 Aug. 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 long, frosted paper that contains the iPhone Pocket was inspired by the rice paper candy bags used for a Japanese children’s festival where long sweets are given to symbolize prayers for a healthy life ahead.—
Ashley Ogawa Clarke,
Vogue,
11 Nov. 2025
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Godiva’s Advent calendar is packed with decadent sweets that’ll last them the whole month (or at least a couple of days).—
Jake Henry Smith,
Glamour,
11 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Their findings provide a blueprint for improving efficiency, stability, and scalability, key steps toward mass deployment and alignment with China’s carbon neutrality goals.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Nov. 2025
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Five takeaways from the Miami Heat’s dramatic 140-138 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Monday night at Kaseya Center to improve to 3-0 on its four-game homestand.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
11 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Moving from Chicago blues to Phil Spector’s early-1960s confections to the British Invasion, the birth of punk, metal, grunge, and hip-hop, the book tracks the seven-decade story of rock and roll as if drummers were the main characters.—
John Lingan,
Rolling Stone,
8 Nov. 2025
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The final film of legendary auteur Satoshi Kon is a completely mad confection concerning Atsuko Chiba — by day a scientist, by night a dream detective known as Paprika.—
Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Since 2019, California has partnered with jurisdictions in 28 countries—touching more than a quarter of the world’s population, with a combined GDP in the tens of trillions of dollars—to cut greenhouse gases, enhance climate resilience and develop clean energy.—
MSNBC Newsweek,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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The stretchy cuffs help lock in heat, while the palm side has grip-enhancing rubber details.—
Nicol Natale,
PEOPLE,
6 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Make room on the buffet table for another pumpkin dessert.—
Krissy Tiglias,
Southern Living,
7 Nov. 2025
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From a milkshake to coffee and a frozen dessert, the Chick-fil-A line-up is packed with holiday treats for a limited time.—
Julia Gomez,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Candy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/candy. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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