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Recent Examples of confectionery
When Percy hit 30 in 2022, the confectionery went vegan.
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Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 27 Mar. 2025
For Every Occasion By Audrey Noble Photo: Courtesy of Demel Café
Demel Café
A confectionery fit for royalty, Demel has been crafting exquisite pastries since 1786.
—Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 24 Apr. 2025
Founded in 1946 as a small pastry shop in Alba, Italy, privately held Ferrero is now the third-largest confectionery company in the world, with production plants across five continents and more than 47,500 employees.
—Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 9 May 2025
Smaller portions also bring business benefits, as illustrated by the confectionery industry’s Always A Treat Initiative which delivered on its pledge to sell smaller sizes of single-serve items.
—Hank Cardello, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
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Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 27 Mar. 2025
For Every Occasion By Audrey Noble Photo: Courtesy of Demel Café
Demel Café
A confectionery fit for royalty, Demel has been crafting exquisite pastries since 1786.
—Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 24 Apr. 2025
Founded in 1946 as a small pastry shop in Alba, Italy, privately held Ferrero is now the third-largest confectionery company in the world, with production plants across five continents and more than 47,500 employees.
—Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 9 May 2025
Smaller portions also bring business benefits, as illustrated by the confectionery industry’s Always A Treat Initiative which delivered on its pledge to sell smaller sizes of single-serve items.
—Hank Cardello, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for confectionery
confectionary
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The result is that marshmallows eaten out of the bag, with fingers, are presumptive confectionaries, while those toasted over a heat source and used in the making of s’mores receive a dubious VAT exemption.—
Robert Goulder,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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His amazing confectionary is worthy of a Disney resort or the Champs-Élysées.—
Paula Conway,
Forbes,
5 Mar. 2025
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“Confectionery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/confectionery. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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