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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
Stacey Lastoe, Southern Living, 20 Apr. 2026
Dishes include crab cakes, pan-roasted pork chops, and mac and cheese.
—Lauren Jones, Travel + Leisure, 19 Apr. 2026
Occasionally, Bavarian cream is used as a filling for pies, cakes, or pastries.
—Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Apr. 2026
The name originated when Joy Harmon began supplying cakes to her niece's coffee shop.
—Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 16 Apr. 2026
The restaurant’s front glass case is frequently lined with her cakes, cheesecakes, brownies and an assortment of classic South Asian items like kheer, a sweet rice pudding.
—Zareen Syed, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026
Creamed cakes start with the fat.
—Shilpa Uskokovic, Bon Appetit Magazine, 13 Apr. 2026
This sunny fruit enlivens steamed greens, seafood treasures of all manners, such as, crab cakes, shrimp cocktail, and poached salmon, along with scrumptious baked goods and desserts (meringue pies and bars, tarts, ricotta pancakes, sorbets, silky curds, scones, biscottis, muffins).
—Catharine Kaufman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2026
My friends had Pop-Tarts, snack cakes, and other ultraprocessed foods in their lunchboxes.
—Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 10 Apr. 2026
Noun
Great on their own, over yogurt, or better yet, macerated and served over ice cream, in cakes and as the star of the strawberry shortcake, strawberries are completely craveable.
—Stacey Lastoe, Southern Living, 20 Apr. 2026
Dishes include crab cakes, pan-roasted pork chops, and mac and cheese.
—Lauren Jones, Travel + Leisure, 19 Apr. 2026
Occasionally, Bavarian cream is used as a filling for pies, cakes, or pastries.
—Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Apr. 2026
The name originated when Joy Harmon began supplying cakes to her niece's coffee shop.
—Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 16 Apr. 2026
The restaurant’s front glass case is frequently lined with her cakes, cheesecakes, brownies and an assortment of classic South Asian items like kheer, a sweet rice pudding.
—Zareen Syed, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026
Creamed cakes start with the fat.
—Shilpa Uskokovic, Bon Appetit Magazine, 13 Apr. 2026
This sunny fruit enlivens steamed greens, seafood treasures of all manners, such as, crab cakes, shrimp cocktail, and poached salmon, along with scrumptious baked goods and desserts (meringue pies and bars, tarts, ricotta pancakes, sorbets, silky curds, scones, biscottis, muffins).
—Catharine Kaufman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2026
My friends had Pop-Tarts, snack cakes, and other ultraprocessed foods in their lunchboxes.
—Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 10 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cakes
Noun
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Instead of eating the premium patties, the couple stuffed the burgers into a large duffel, adding desserts snatched from the buffet, the blog added.—
Jessica Mekles,
FOXNews.com,
17 Apr. 2026
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Wendy's has never outdone McDonald's in size or sales, either, but since its start in 1969, the chain with the square patties and the shakes too thick to be called shakes has had as big an impact as any other on the ways fast food is defined and sold around the world.—
Bob Vitale,
USA Today,
15 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Its dressy look will work for all sorts of spring and summer occasions like graduation parties, baby showers, and picnics.—
Clara McMahon,
PEOPLE,
11 Apr. 2026
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Bring your chairs, blankets, picnics, binoculars and leashed dogs.—
Sean Clancy,
Baltimore Sun,
9 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Willy’s older brother, Ben (Jonathan Cake, plummy-voiced and elegant, a cedar to Lane’s stunted apple tree), breezes in and out, always on the way to or from some impressive capital venture.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
10 Apr. 2026
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Partial clearing is expected midday before more showers in the late afternoon and evening that’ll be accompanied by increasing breezes.—
Anthony Edwards,
San Francisco Chronicle,
10 Apr. 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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When ready to serve, turn the jar upside down and let sit for 2 minutes so the dressing evenly coats the salad.—
Kelly McCarthy,
ABC News,
16 Apr. 2026
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The sweet dust that coats these squares is a nice touch.—
Jolene Thym,
Mercury News,
8 Apr. 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 23 Apr. 2026.
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