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as in picnics
something easily done or dealt with
today's assignment is cake compared to yesterday's
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Recent Examples of cakes
Erin Merhar, Southern Living, 4 Apr. 2026
For dessert, the crew will be enjoying cookies, cakes, and plenty of chocolate.
—Joseph Erbentraut, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Apr. 2026
The cakes people bake using her tutorial have been delightfully unhinged.
—Deena Prichep, NPR, 4 Apr. 2026
While strawberry shortcakes are usually made with biscuits, this recipe swaps them for tender little cakes baked in muffin tins.
—Victoria Spencer, Martha Stewart, 3 Apr. 2026
Food specials include $19 shareable flatbreads, $17 baked oysters Rockefeller and $15 crab cakes.
—Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Apr. 2026
Most breads, pastas, cereals, cakes and cookies are off-limits.
—Peter Smith, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2026
Highlights include crab cakes, Napoleon, jerk chicken and waffles, lobster rolls, Florida Croque Madame, oxtail pasta, coquito French toast, tiramisu and more.
—Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Mar. 2026
Mayo acts as a tenderizer, creating cakes with a velvety, moist crumb.
—Robin Miller, AZCentral.com, 26 Mar. 2026
Noun
Pavlovas are a popular dessert in spring and summer when the light, airy, cloud-like texture of the baked meringue dessert is preferred over the heavier, sturdier cakes of fall and winter.
—Erin Merhar, Southern Living, 4 Apr. 2026
For dessert, the crew will be enjoying cookies, cakes, and plenty of chocolate.
—Joseph Erbentraut, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Apr. 2026
The cakes people bake using her tutorial have been delightfully unhinged.
—Deena Prichep, NPR, 4 Apr. 2026
While strawberry shortcakes are usually made with biscuits, this recipe swaps them for tender little cakes baked in muffin tins.
—Victoria Spencer, Martha Stewart, 3 Apr. 2026
Food specials include $19 shareable flatbreads, $17 baked oysters Rockefeller and $15 crab cakes.
—Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Apr. 2026
Most breads, pastas, cereals, cakes and cookies are off-limits.
—Peter Smith, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2026
Highlights include crab cakes, Napoleon, jerk chicken and waffles, lobster rolls, Florida Croque Madame, oxtail pasta, coquito French toast, tiramisu and more.
—Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Mar. 2026
Mayo acts as a tenderizer, creating cakes with a velvety, moist crumb.
—Robin Miller, AZCentral.com, 26 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cakes
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Workers prep hundreds of patties each morning, using ice cream scoops to form the ground beef — purchased from a market down the street, with just a pinch of salt added — into meatballs, which are flattened in a tortilla press.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Apr. 2026
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The burger contains two one-pound patties, 10 pieces of bacon, two layers of mushrooms (Beard winces at the thought of mushrooms), two layers of blue cheese crumbles and Swiss cheese, mayonnaise, tomato and lettuce.—
Michael Deeds,
Idaho Statesman,
6 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Iran decried the strike on the bridge, which also injured 95 people celebrating Nature Day, when Iranians gather for picnics and other celebrations outdoors on the last day of Nowruz, the Persian new year.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
3 Apr. 2026
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On summer days, residents of Hershey and nearby towns would flock to the park to enjoy a day of picnics, carnival rides, band concerts, swimming and dancing.—
John Haddad,
The Conversation,
3 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Features like sets of French doors welcome sunlight and coastal breezes.—
Betsy Cribb Watson,
Southern Living,
31 Mar. 2026
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Sunny skies and mild breezes are enveloping the Pharmalot campus once again.—
Ed Silverman,
STAT,
26 Mar. 2026
Verb
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This chilling, starkly beautiful ambient piece draws Nebraska’s marginal whispers to the forefront and smears them across the picture plane.—
Sasha Geffen,
Pitchfork,
10 Mar. 2026
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The five pieces offer, in turn, biomorphic hints of de Kooning, the ragged shapes of Clyfford Still, the bold geometries of Ellsworth Kelly, the paint smears of Gerhard Richter, and something that looks like toothpaste squeezed onto an orange peel.—
Zachary Fine,
New Yorker,
22 Dec. 2025
Verb
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Design grows dense forests of carbon nanotubes The design grows dense forests of carbon nanotubes directly onto copper foil and coats them with a thin layer of silicon, creating a flexible, conductive scaffold that can absorb expansion while maintaining performance.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
28 Mar. 2026
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Add the mixture to the remaining milk in the pan and cook until the mixture thickens and coats the back of a spoon.—
Mary Ann Esposito,
Boston Herald,
18 Mar. 2026
Verb
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These crustaceans, worms, fish, and others keep their home clean by grazing on the algae that encrusts seagrass leaves.—
David George Haskell,
Big Think,
27 Mar. 2026
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“Cakes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cakes. Accessed 9 Apr. 2026.
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