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noun

Definition of chocolatenext
as in candy
a sweet food made from cacao beans She gave me a box of chocolates for my birthday.

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adjective

as in gray

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Recent Examples of chocolate
Noun
Imagine darling dahlias in moody chocolate hues, or rows of multicolor Florentine flowers; or creamy watercolor butterflies and florals. — Gretta Monahan, Boston Herald, 6 Aug. 2026 Sprinkle the blueberries and mini chocolate chips evenly over the yogurt. — Sharon Lawson, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026
Adjective
Other cost-cutting measures include offering a smaller hot chocolate size, advertising non-chocolate ice cream toppings and moving to a cheaper location in Raleigh to save on rent. — Ramishah Maruf, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2025 Sales of non-chocolate candy have been growing much faster than those of chocolate in recent years. — Alina Selyukh, NPR, 24 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for chocolate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chocolate
  1. candy
  2. sandy
  3. sepia
  4. ashy
  5. ashen
  6. gray
  7. grayish
  8. slate
Noun
  • Junk food is an aphrodisiac here, with KFC buckets and oodles of brightly colored brand-name candy acting as culinary counterparts to the junk cinema that’s activated something in the movie’s characters and its creator.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2026
  • While vending machines elsewhere now dispense everything from oysters to high-end jewelry, the subway selection thus far could not be more standard — they’re stocked with your usual assortment of chips, candy, cookies, soda, and water.
    — Anne Kadet, Curbed, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of candy
Adjective
  • The Pacific Ocean provides a different beach experience than the Southeast, with visitors coming for dramatic coastal scenery, broad sandy beaches, tide pools, and the town’s historic oceanfront promenade.
    — Taryn White, Travel + Leisure, 4 Aug. 2026
  • From Ancient Greek Sandals to Christopher Esber, these foam footbeds and jelly straps can handle sandy shores and poolside splashes, while being some of the easiest shoes to pack up.
    — Rosie Jarman, Vogue, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of sandy
Adjective
  • Polley and cinematographer Luc Montpellier shoot the story in a muted palette, not quite sepia but not quite color either, reflecting the limited world of its characters.
    — Lindsey Bahr, Chicago Tribune, 6 Jan. 2023
  • The sepia fog turned to bright colors and deep shadows in the late-afternoon sun.
    — Robert GauthierStaff Photographer, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2022
Definition of sepia
Adjective
  • When smoke lingers over a grape in that state, the volatile phenols will bind with the sugars in the grape skins, giving the fruit a smoky, sanguine, ashy taste.
    — Kate Dingwall, Bon Appetit Magazine, 31 July 2026
  • For years, many sunscreens left behind a noticeable white cast, looked ashy on deeper complexions, or felt heavy and greasy on the skin.
    — Corein Carter, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
Definition of ashy
Adjective
  • Lead—dense but yielding, silvery but ashen, handy but deadly—was long used for this purpose.
    — Kyle Devine, Longreads, 14 July 2026
  • Always, always those little ashen faces.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 29 May 2026
Definition of ashen
Adjective
  • Promotional stills, tour visuals and social content have followed the same restrained palette of black, white and grey, with color largely absent from official imagery.
    — Olivia Shalhoup, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • On April 29, 2001, the duo was spotted in New York City’s Central Park wearing similar baseball caps and brown-and-gray outfits.
    — Kelly Allen, PEOPLE, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of gray
Adjective
  • To diagnose this pathogen, cut an infected stem and look for grayish slime inside the stem.
    — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 21 June 2026
  • That revealed that some 21 of the 39 white-grayish bones in Stratum 10 and all 32 from the layer below had been burned.
    — Sahas Mehra, Scientific American, 19 June 2026
Definition of grayish
Adjective
  • Deep meadows lush with vibrant prairie bluebells, gushing water, and resplendent valleys snuggled between giant, slate grey walls top off this classic adventure.
    — Madison Chapman, Outside, 25 Mar. 2026
Definition of slate

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