as in breeze
something easily done or dealt with
everyone thinks tonight's game will be a cream puff, and so it hasn't generated a lot of interest
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Recent Examples of cream puff
This restaurant will more prominently feature bakery items, with a takeaway counter for onigiri, yuzu cream puffs, and egg sandwiches, according to Horii.
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Kate Kassin, Bon Appetit Magazine, 10 Apr. 2025
How many of each new cream puff flavor will be available?
Only 1,921 of the specialty cream puff flavors will be available each day, the news release said.
—Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 14 June 2024
This restaurant will more prominently feature bakery items, with a takeaway counter for onigiri, yuzu cream puffs, and egg sandwiches, according to Horii.
—Kate Kassin, Bon Appetit Magazine, 10 Apr. 2025
They’re made from a French pâte à choux—the same batter used to make eclairs and cream puffs—which was likely introduced to Italy by French chefs who worked in the Italian royal kitchens.
—Cindy Salvato, Saveur, 19 Mar. 2025
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Kate Kassin, Bon Appetit Magazine, 10 Apr. 2025
How many of each new cream puff flavor will be available?
Only 1,921 of the specialty cream puff flavors will be available each day, the news release said.
—Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 14 June 2024
This restaurant will more prominently feature bakery items, with a takeaway counter for onigiri, yuzu cream puffs, and egg sandwiches, according to Horii.
—Kate Kassin, Bon Appetit Magazine, 10 Apr. 2025
They’re made from a French pâte à choux—the same batter used to make eclairs and cream puffs—which was likely introduced to Italy by French chefs who worked in the Italian royal kitchens.
—Cindy Salvato, Saveur, 19 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cream puff
Noun
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Fitting these is a breeze, and the same thing can be said for the sticks and D-pad toppers.—
Matt Gardner,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2025
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The collection features three unique fragrances, ranging from the crisp coolness of lakeside breezes to the grounding notes of oakmoss, suede and cedarwood.—
Sofia Celeste,
Footwear News,
19 June 2025
Noun
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Amenities include an outdoor pool, grills, a picnic area, a fitness center with a yoga room, a lounge and game room, a dog park, EV charging stations and more.—
Don Stacom,
Hartford Courant,
23 June 2025
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Don’t shelter in unprotected open buildings, such as metal sheds, picnic pavilions, baseball dugouts and porches.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
23 June 2025
Noun
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For Marx, making the transition from actress to wife of a great movie star was duck soup.—
Donald Liebenson,
Washington Post,
21 July 2022
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Rather than give the man his spare change, Raymond bought him a cup of duck soup.—
Dave Birkett,
Detroit Free Press,
12 Aug. 2021
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Though a box cake, icing and some red and blue sprinkles will do the trick, recipes from the Salted Sweets or the Pioneer Woman make for an easy way to show your patriotism.—
Samara Gerstle,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
24 June 2025
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The recipe, a simple ricotta cake (libum), which is an ancient Roman dessert.—
Literary Hub
June 23,
Literary Hub,
23 June 2025
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Physicist Matthew von Hippel looks not at the birth of the universe but at its destruction, outlining a disastrous world-ending scenario that makes asteroid strikes and Earth-colliding black holes look like kid stuff.—
Jeanna Bryner,
Scientific American,
20 May 2025
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At 21, Jovic, too, arguably remains part of the kid stuff, only at the end of last season having emerged as a rotation presence.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
28 Sep. 2024
Noun
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My memoir was built of gaps, juxtaposition, weird little nothings.—
Cheri Lucas Rowlands,
Longreads,
16 Dec. 2024
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The one whose legs turned nothings into somethings, improvising the Lions’ entire defensive game plan into a pile of ash?—
Sean Keeler,
The Denver Post,
10 Feb. 2024
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