as in candy
a food having a high sugar content
following the main course there were assorted confections so delicious-looking as to tempt even determined dieters
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Recent Examples of confection
For decades, the frosty confection mostly lingered on the menus of white-tablecloth institutions.
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Mehr Singh, Vogue, 31 July 2025
On my trip, for example, there were no lines at attractions and restaurants, the one exception being Demel, the famed coffee house in Vienna with its marble cafe tables and elaborate confections, which still had people lining up down the block.
—Sherri Eisenberg, Travel + Leisure, 18 June 2025
Start by selecting a Dream bed blanket, an organic cotton confection made with four layers.
—Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 22 July 2025
The nuttiness of the pistachio shines most in the first half-hour of wear, after which the scent dries down to a milky, vanilla-cupcake confection.
—Ariel Wodarcyk, Glamour, 21 July 2025
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Mehr Singh, Vogue, 31 July 2025
On my trip, for example, there were no lines at attractions and restaurants, the one exception being Demel, the famed coffee house in Vienna with its marble cafe tables and elaborate confections, which still had people lining up down the block.
—Sherri Eisenberg, Travel + Leisure, 18 June 2025
Start by selecting a Dream bed blanket, an organic cotton confection made with four layers.
—Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 22 July 2025
The nuttiness of the pistachio shines most in the first half-hour of wear, after which the scent dries down to a milky, vanilla-cupcake confection.
—Ariel Wodarcyk, Glamour, 21 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for confection
Noun
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There are restaurant workers who, rather than yelling at Souleymane or brushing him aside, offer him a smile, a coffee, a piece of candy.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
6 Aug. 2025
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Include everything that went into completing your meal, including butter, jam, condiments, and even the one or two pieces of candy for a treat.—
Jamie Johnson,
Verywell Health,
5 Aug. 2025
Noun
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For dessert the signature sweet here is a pan dell’Orso semi-freddo.—
John Mariani,
Forbes.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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Using additional egg yolks in a recipe can enrich dessert like cookies or brownies, but can cause an overly dense or heavy result in others.—
Katie Rosenhouse,
Southern Living,
5 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Dolce Bakery prepared sweets for tonight’s ‘New Heights’ episode.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
13 Aug. 2025
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Over at West Park, the carnival enticed many people with a collection of rides and lots of sweets to devour.—
Daniel I. Dorfman,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Aug. 2025
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“Confection.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/confection. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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