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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
Kailyn Brown, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2026
Made-to-order cakes are also available, but may cost more based on frosting and decoration choices.
—Eva Flowe
may 18, Charlotte Observer, 18 May 2026
Bundt cakes strike a perfect balance between impressive and unfussy (with no fancy decorating required).
—Ginger Crichton, Midwest Living, 17 May 2026
Pairing rice cakes with fiber, protein, or fat can help slow digestion and blunt the blood sugar spike.
—Christina Manian, Health, 14 May 2026
And butter cakes, on the other hand, start with creaming the fat and sugar together.
—Emily Elias, Bon Appetit Magazine, 14 May 2026
Sweets Sweet foods like cakes and pastries can also dehydrate you.
—Carrie Madormo, Verywell Health, 14 May 2026
It’s loaded with skin-friendly ingredients that help lock in moisture and calm irritation, resulting in a blurred complexion that never flakes or cakes.
—Rachel Trujillo, PEOPLE, 14 May 2026
Baking soda makes our cakes rise, neutralizes fridge odors, softens the laundry, and scrubs out stains.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 13 May 2026
Noun
Perkins, who works out of her home kitchen, got her start baking cakes for friends and has since made them for an array of celebrity clients including Tunde Adebimpe (frontman for the band TV on the Radio), Japanese American singer Mitski and British singer Suki Waterhouse.
—Kailyn Brown, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2026
Made-to-order cakes are also available, but may cost more based on frosting and decoration choices.
—Eva Flowe
may 18, Charlotte Observer, 18 May 2026
Bundt cakes strike a perfect balance between impressive and unfussy (with no fancy decorating required).
—Ginger Crichton, Midwest Living, 17 May 2026
Pairing rice cakes with fiber, protein, or fat can help slow digestion and blunt the blood sugar spike.
—Christina Manian, Health, 14 May 2026
And butter cakes, on the other hand, start with creaming the fat and sugar together.
—Emily Elias, Bon Appetit Magazine, 14 May 2026
Sweets Sweet foods like cakes and pastries can also dehydrate you.
—Carrie Madormo, Verywell Health, 14 May 2026
It’s loaded with skin-friendly ingredients that help lock in moisture and calm irritation, resulting in a blurred complexion that never flakes or cakes.
—Rachel Trujillo, PEOPLE, 14 May 2026
Baking soda makes our cakes rise, neutralizes fridge odors, softens the laundry, and scrubs out stains.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 13 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cakes
Noun
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The dish was popularized in the western Oklahoma City suburb of El Reno, where Ross Davis first piled slivered onions onto thin beef patties at his Hamburger Inn.—
Travel + Leisure Editors,
Travel + Leisure,
19 May 2026
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His restaurants were known for big burgers — not smashburgers but thick, juicy patties.—
Connie Ogle
Updated May 15,
Miami Herald,
15 May 2026
Noun
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Parts of the reservoir are accessible for recreational activities, such as fishing, boat rentals and picnics, its website says.—
Diego Mendoza,
CNN Money,
15 May 2026
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Sunset picnics stretch for hours, multigenerational families claiming the same patch of sand summer after summer.—
Jessica Chapel,
Condé Nast Traveler,
15 May 2026
Noun
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Gulf breezes are a given here, as are the sounds of seagulls and the surf coming in.—
Libby Monteith Minor,
Southern Living,
15 May 2026
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Sunny skies and mild breezes are enveloping the Pharmalot campus once again.—
Ed Silverman,
STAT,
12 May 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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So c’mon, Bron; pull a couple of those Cleveland coats out of storage and give yourself one more real chance in Minnesota.—
John Hollinger,
New York Times,
15 May 2026
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This gel-like substance coats your gut and binds to cholesterol, preventing it from entering your bloodstream.—
Colleen Doherty,
Verywell Health,
14 May 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 21 May. 2026.
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