as in fairies
an imaginary being usually having a small human form and magical powers
some people believe that brownies will clean your house if you leave them milk
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Recent Examples of brownies
From July 1 to 5, check out a variety of events like pork chop bingo, a boat parade, brownies with the band and more.
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Cole Premo,
CBS News,
29 June 2026
Because coffee elevates the flavor of chocolate, espresso or instant coffee is often added to chocolate cakes, brownies, and cookies.
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Claire Hoppe Norgaard,
Better Homes & Gardens,
28 June 2026
Recipes range from brownies and pies to fresh pasta and garlic knots.
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Lauren Schuster,
Miami Herald,
24 June 2026
At Taste Buds Kitchen, the 5-day summer camp runs 3 hours each morning and rotates through recipes including brownies, pies, pasta and garlic knots.
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Lauren Schuster,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
23 June 2026
The menu spans sweet and savory, from brownies and pies to pasta and garlic knots.
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Lauren Schuster,
Kansas City Star,
23 June 2026
There are brownies to bake for year-end pool parties, teacher gifts to purchase and shopping for summer birthday party presents that are often being crammed into the final weeks of school.
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Christine Haughney Dare-Bryan,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
Easy to just pick-up and go, these rich, fudgy brownies will not disappoint.
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Patricia S York,
Southern Living,
18 June 2026
That chocolate fudge brownies good.
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Michael Schneider,
Variety,
12 June 2026
Cole Premo,
CBS News,
29 June 2026
Because coffee elevates the flavor of chocolate, espresso or instant coffee is often added to chocolate cakes, brownies, and cookies.
—
Claire Hoppe Norgaard,
Better Homes & Gardens,
28 June 2026
Recipes range from brownies and pies to fresh pasta and garlic knots.
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Lauren Schuster,
Miami Herald,
24 June 2026
At Taste Buds Kitchen, the 5-day summer camp runs 3 hours each morning and rotates through recipes including brownies, pies, pasta and garlic knots.
—
Lauren Schuster,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
23 June 2026
The menu spans sweet and savory, from brownies and pies to pasta and garlic knots.
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Lauren Schuster,
Kansas City Star,
23 June 2026
There are brownies to bake for year-end pool parties, teacher gifts to purchase and shopping for summer birthday party presents that are often being crammed into the final weeks of school.
—
Christine Haughney Dare-Bryan,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
Easy to just pick-up and go, these rich, fudgy brownies will not disappoint.
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Patricia S York,
Southern Living,
18 June 2026
That chocolate fudge brownies good.
—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
12 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for brownies
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Lawn Ornaments Too many lawn ornaments, such as gnomes, fairies, dolls, or flamingos, read as tacky to Emily Roose, the founder of Emily Roose Interiors.
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And creatures — fairies, a faun, the unforgettable Pale Man, with eyes in the palms of his hands — reveal a world of deeper and darker enchantment.
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Ferrell starred as Buddy in the 2003 Christmas classic, which focused on a human adopted by elves and raised as an elf in the North Pole until one day, as an adult, discovering his true identity.
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At the end of 2005-2006, a whole host of elves got arrested and were sent to prison.
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Two years ago, the Man City phenom appeared in a 90-second spot for the game that saw him get recruited to storm a castle teeming with goblins, dragons and impish skeletons.
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Follow the babe with the power into Jim Henson’s gloriously weird fantasy wonderland, where goblins sing, doors argue, and David Bowie’s Goblin King serves enough glam-rock charisma to power an entire kingdom.
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As virality goes, this is not a big number, but the passion that the account has aroused dwarfs its reach.
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Major props to the dwarfs who saw this as a convenient way to score help in the cleaning department.
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Maeve learns that the legends she was raised on — stories of faeries, kelpies and seelies — are actually true.
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And thank the faeries for that.
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“Brownies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brownies. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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