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Recent Examples of candy
Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
Desserts are similarly imaginative, offering up the Lost Ark Shortbread, a vanilla, caramel, candied lemon, and almond crumble fit for Indiana Jones, and a sweet blueberry, vanilla, and Timut berry (an ingredient from Nepal similar to Sichuan berries) inspired by Princess Aurora in Sleeping Beauty.
—Chrissie McClatchie, Travel + Leisure, 21 Mar. 2025
Cody Godwin, USA Today, 17 Apr. 2025
Previous attempts to ban soda or candy from SNAP on the state level have failed, no matter who is sitting in the White House.
—Amelia Lucas,melissa Repko, CNBC, 16 Apr. 2025
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Verb
The whisky offers a smooth profile with hints of cooked cereal/malt, toffee sweetness, honey, candied citrus zest and light peat smoke.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
Desserts are similarly imaginative, offering up the Lost Ark Shortbread, a vanilla, caramel, candied lemon, and almond crumble fit for Indiana Jones, and a sweet blueberry, vanilla, and Timut berry (an ingredient from Nepal similar to Sichuan berries) inspired by Princess Aurora in Sleeping Beauty.
—Chrissie McClatchie, Travel + Leisure, 21 Mar. 2025
Noun
Food delivery service Instacart looked at the candy shoppers bought from March 29-31, 2024, and found the most popular Easter candies are:
Reese’s Peanut Butter Eggs.
—Cody Godwin, USA Today, 17 Apr. 2025
Previous attempts to ban soda or candy from SNAP on the state level have failed, no matter who is sitting in the White House.
—Amelia Lucas,melissa Repko, CNBC, 16 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for candy
Verb
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Miami might have to involve a third team to score an additional first-round draft pick to sweeten its offer.—
Greg Cote,
Miami Herald,
29 Apr. 2025
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And to sweeten the deal, The Wilds also boasts top-tier accommodations for anyone wishing to spend the night, with luxury yurts equipped with private decks and king-sized beds available for booking.—
Jared Ranahan,
Forbes.com,
27 Apr. 2025
Noun
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With dessert, try the restorative Greek mountain tea, handpicked from Mount Zas on Naxos in the Cyclades.—
Nicole Trilivas,
Forbes.com,
1 May 2025
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The wine list skews Italian and Californian, and spumoni and tiramisu lead the dessert menu.—
Linda Zavoral,
Mercury News,
1 May 2025
Verb
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Today’s Amazon deals are all about sprucing things up: your desktop setup, your tablet experience, and your audio at home or the beach.—
Shubham Yewale,
PCMAG,
20 Feb. 2025
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Pick from a number of different toppings to spruce it up, but if your stomach is feeling a little uneasy, order a plain bowl to help settle it down.—
Christina Liao,
Vogue,
27 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Sinha, a Harvard graduate and a former consultant for McKinsey & Company, draped the men in marigold garlands and presented them with sweets.—
Andrew Marantz,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2025
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According to the company, a new business will be opening its doors and selling bubble tea, coffee, lemonade, and sweets.—
Saleen Martin,
USA Today,
25 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Sporting improved to 2-6-1 in MLS regular-season play, winning its second match of 2025.—
Daniel Sperry,
Kansas City Star,
20 Apr. 2025
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If each of us could do one small good deed daily, the world would be improved.—
Maria Zimina,
New York Daily News,
20 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Peer at the pendulous breasts on a Medici workshop ewer or those on a screeching siren centered on an 18th-century scalloped sweetmeat dish.—
Lisa Wong Macabasco,
Vogue,
31 Mar. 2025
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But street food vendors — with their pungent salads, oodles of noodles, and coconut sweetmeats — have lately become the target of some of the capital’s planners.—
BostonGlobe.com,
BostonGlobe.com,
15 Dec. 2019
Verb
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His mission is to democratize AI, ensuring that businesses of all sizes can leverage automation to enhance productivity and efficiency.—
Jason Phillips,
USA Today,
25 Apr. 2025
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Switch on headlights - Even during daylight hours, using headlights can enhance visibility and signal your presence to other drivers.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
24 Apr. 2025
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“Candy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/candy. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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