as in constructed
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 confected
But in reality, the loop simply confected noise based on prescriptive analytics into a temporarily convincing form shaped to some strategic, synthetic engagement protocols.
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Emil Steiner, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Emil Steiner, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for confected
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Instead, it was constructed with the president’s own hands, on the day the court offered him the tools to dismantle it.—
Jay Caruso,
The Washington Examiner,
13 Mar. 2026
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Project Cardinal, which already secured preliminary approval from the city in November, would be made up of 14 buildings, Olson said, with one to two buildings constructed per year as the campus is built out.—
Molly Morrow,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Mar. 2026
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It is built along one bank of the Great Zab river that meanders through northeastern Iraq.—
Younes Mohammad,
USA Today,
15 Mar. 2026
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The Cougars, who were one shot away from winning a national championship last April, deserve an assist for the juggernaut that Lloyd built this year.—
CJ Moore,
New York Times,
15 Mar. 2026
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Ahead of the festival, which kicks off Thursday, the De Los team has assembled a list of acts that have caught our attention.—
Andrea Flores,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Mar. 2026
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The Summit found a willing partner in the city of Centennial for its training facility and for the temporary stadium, the parts of which were shipped from China and are being assembled on the site.—
Luke Cyphers,
Sportico.com,
12 Mar. 2026
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These are signs of human and natural activity that made it into the atmosphere and were stored in ice cores.—
Nidhi Sharma,
Popular Science,
13 Mar. 2026
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Photograph by Victor Llorente for The New Yorker The experimental singer-producer FKA twigs, for most of her career, has made cerebral electronic music intent on synchronizing the mind and body.—
Dan Stahl,
New Yorker,
13 Mar. 2026
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“Confected.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/confected. Accessed 20 Mar. 2026.
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