as in candy
a food having a high sugar content
following the main course there were assorted confections so delicious-looking as to tempt even determined dieters
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Recent Examples of confection
Naturally, the confections’ packaging includes plenty of Easter eggs to delight Swifties.
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Erin Clements, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025
Purchase an additional ticket to the chocolate-making course to learn how to make your own luscious confections from master chocolatiers.
—AFAR Media, 24 Sep. 2025
Since 1975, many, many have embraced this wild and wonderful confection that's part campy musical, part horror and all midnight movie.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 23 Sep. 2025
Watch multiple conveyor belts at work as containers are filled with different flavors of sweet confection.
—Gabi De La Rosa, Southern Living, 20 Sep. 2025
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Erin Clements, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025
Purchase an additional ticket to the chocolate-making course to learn how to make your own luscious confections from master chocolatiers.
—AFAR Media, 24 Sep. 2025
Since 1975, many, many have embraced this wild and wonderful confection that's part campy musical, part horror and all midnight movie.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 23 Sep. 2025
Watch multiple conveyor belts at work as containers are filled with different flavors of sweet confection.
—Gabi De La Rosa, Southern Living, 20 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for confection
Noun
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Corn can provide carbohydrates, which can be vital to deer during the winter for a burst of energy, Edge said, but an increase in carbs can disrupt the animal's gut chemistry and affect digestion, much like giving children a lot of candy bars.—
Craig Shoup,
Nashville Tennessean,
27 Oct. 2025
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Now, children laugh and study in the open-air structure, boasting candy-bright paint.—
Brenna Ehrlich,
Rolling Stone,
26 Oct. 2025
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This old-fashioned dessert brings together the tastes of all of your favorite pies–coconut, chess, pecan–all in one bite.—
Josh Miller,
Southern Living,
24 Oct. 2025
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For dessert, customers can dine on treats like an orange blossom saffron olive oil cake for $11 (complete with black walnut tuile and strawberry coulis).—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
24 Oct. 2025
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That includes making and eating sweets, offering prayers and burning candles.—
Stephen Hobbs,
Sacbee.com,
20 Oct. 2025
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Cerreta Fine Chocolates in Glendale offers a wide variety of sugar-free sweets as well and homemade chocolates.—
Paige Moore,
AZCentral.com,
20 Oct. 2025
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“Confection.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/confection. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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