chocolate 1 of 2

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
Mixed candies may also be cheaper this year instead of candy bags containing only chocolates. — ABC News, 16 Oct. 2026 And the extra chocolate chips in the dip tied everything together, while the cookie added a satisfying chew that the cannoli chips couldn’t quite replicate. — Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 15 Oct. 2026
Adjective
Non-chocolate candy is taking the lead this Halloween, with gummies and other colorful sweets outselling chocolate treats, according to new data from market research firm Circana. — Gabrielle Rockson, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025 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 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
  • Mixed candies may also be cheaper this year instead of candy bags containing only chocolates.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 16 Oct. 2026
  • For a Chinese kid, char siu bao was as exciting as a bag of candy.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of candy
Adjective
  • Instead, it’s comprised of five—Sani Beach, Sani Asterias, Porto Sani, Sani Dunes, and Sani Club—stretched out across a slip of sandy beach backed by pine forests on the northwestern Aegean.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Oct. 2026
  • The typically sandy sections of Main Beach — where locals often gather to walk along the sand and play beach volleyball — were transformed into a sea of water.
    — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 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
  • The most powerful visual effect is the ashy remains of the playground victims, still intact—until a shock wave scatters the ashes to the wind.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Beneath their feet, patches of soil were cinder grey and ashy, clinging to their gloves and boots like the worst kind of glitter.
    — Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of ashy
Adjective
  • Then Keegan asked Shankly for £50 a week and caught a glimpse of Ashman looking, well, ashen.
    — Michael Walker, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2026
  • If untreated, the condition causes severe symptoms such as trouble breathing, skin rashes, weak pulse and ashen or bluish skin.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of ashen
Adjective
  • Video of the incident obtained by CBS News showed a group of around 20 masked men clad in black or gray clothes descending a hill from the area of an Israeli settlement outpost into an olive grove near the Palestinian village of Abu Falah.
    — Dov Lieber, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Yellow police tape cordoned off the property, where several vehicles were parked in the driveway, including a white Toyota SUV, a gray BMW SUV and a black Range Rover.
    — Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of gray
Adjective
  • The grayish-black orbs hang off of trumpet-evoking support pillars encrusted in round diamonds.
    — Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 16 Sep. 2026
  • In the mink colorway, a warm, grayish brown neutral, the bed is versatile enough to complement any evolving palette and lots of different aesthetics.
    — Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of grayish
Adjective
  • Clean-slate intellectual infrastructure Whoever gives $2 billion to an organization can probably call a lot of the shots.
    — Austin Horn, Miami Herald, 3 Oct. 2026
  • 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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