as in to construct
to form by putting together parts or materials
a cook who can confect a magnificent dinner from whatever ingredients are in the cupboards
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Recent Examples of confect
Friday’s deadline for bids was an artificial one, confected by United’s bankers to create urgency.
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Tariq Panja, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2023
In Brussels, Wiley was searching for models to confect into the image of royalty for a site-specific show proposed by the city’s Oldmasters Museum.
—Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 26 Dec. 2022
And of course, the Kardashian family has created a multibillion-dollar empire out of cunning, chutzpah, a complete lack of inhibition and a willingness to confect drama for ratings.
—refinery29.com, 18 May 2022
Shooting on film, the imaginative directors confect a realm of tactile magic, with Kafkaesque flourishes, through the ingenious handcraftsmanship of practical elements and low-fi effects.
—Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2022
The name Häagen-Dazs was confected to suggest European sophistication (the firm is American).
—The Economist, 5 July 2019
But the outrage of rivals is shamelessly confected.
—The Economist, 7 Apr. 2018
In a swirl of nimble, pale brushwork, the artist conjures up a figure from behind, gazing in the mirror, confecting herself.
—Cate McQuaid, BostonGlobe.com, 14 June 2018
The other, infinitely more famous outcome was Mary’s tale of a scientist who confects a humanoid out of body parts.
—The Economist, 17 Feb. 2018
Tariq Panja, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2023
In Brussels, Wiley was searching for models to confect into the image of royalty for a site-specific show proposed by the city’s Oldmasters Museum.
—Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 26 Dec. 2022
And of course, the Kardashian family has created a multibillion-dollar empire out of cunning, chutzpah, a complete lack of inhibition and a willingness to confect drama for ratings.
—refinery29.com, 18 May 2022
Shooting on film, the imaginative directors confect a realm of tactile magic, with Kafkaesque flourishes, through the ingenious handcraftsmanship of practical elements and low-fi effects.
—Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2022
The name Häagen-Dazs was confected to suggest European sophistication (the firm is American).
—The Economist, 5 July 2019
But the outrage of rivals is shamelessly confected.
—The Economist, 7 Apr. 2018
In a swirl of nimble, pale brushwork, the artist conjures up a figure from behind, gazing in the mirror, confecting herself.
—Cate McQuaid, BostonGlobe.com, 14 June 2018
The other, infinitely more famous outcome was Mary’s tale of a scientist who confects a humanoid out of body parts.
—The Economist, 17 Feb. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for confect
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Barcelona’s wall to defend the free kick was poorly constructed, daring Mbappe to shoot through the middle without needing to thread the needle.—
Anantaajith Raghuraman,
New York Times,
28 Apr. 2025
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The current police station was constructed in 1968 and has 20,300 square feet of space.—
Jennifer Johnson,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Apr. 2025
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Duhamel purchased some land and spent the last 15 years building a rustic cabin.—
Janelle Ash,
FOXNews.com,
22 Apr. 2025
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While most telecom infrastructure companies race to build the next big thing in telecom, Grindle is focusing on something even more important: people.—
Jason Phillips,
USA Today,
22 Apr. 2025
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The mission will be the ninth crew mission to Tiangong, and the sixth visit since the three-module orbital outpost was fully assembled in October 2022.—
Tariq Malik,
Space.com,
23 Apr. 2025
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Foreign companies producing goods in the U.S. are also affected, like Airbus, which assembles some of its narrow-body planes in Alabama, but relies on imports.—
Gabrielle Fonrouge,Annika Kim Constantino,Leslie Josephs,Ari Levy,Amelia Lucas,Melissa Repko,Hugh Son,Michael Wayland,
CNBC,
23 Apr. 2025
Verb
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But the fasteners used in most projects are made in China, and those prices have risen nearly 70% in anticipation of tariffs, Prchal said.—
Andrea Riquier,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2025
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By the end of the episode, Ellie and Dina had made it to Seattle and were preparing to enter the city under the misguided impression that WLF was a relatively insignificant force.—
Megan McCluskey,
Time,
28 Apr. 2025
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The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
22 Apr. 2025
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The debris – space rocks known as meteoroids – collides with Earth's atmosphere at high speed and disintegrates, creating fiery and colorful streaks in the sky, according to NASA.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
22 Apr. 2025
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“Confect.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/confect. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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