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Recent Examples of confectionery
But while snacks, pastries and confectionery are part of the French lifestyle that Vuitton is keen to export, the culinary collective is all about cross-cultural exchanges.
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Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 15 May 2025
Well Enterprises in 2022, plus Nestlé’s confectionery business for $2.8 billion in 2018, as well as candy manufacturer Fannie May in 2017.
—Mark Faithfull, Forbes.com, 11 July 2025
Other recent takeovers have included Blue Bunny ice cream parent Wells Enterprises and the U.S. confectionery business of Nestlé.
—Chris Morris, Fortune, 10 July 2025
And later, explore the winding streets of Azabu Juban, a well-heeled, mostly residential neighborhood, pausing for local confectioneries while catching a glimpse of everyday life in Tokyo.
—John Wogan, New York Times, 1 May 2025
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Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 15 May 2025
Well Enterprises in 2022, plus Nestlé’s confectionery business for $2.8 billion in 2018, as well as candy manufacturer Fannie May in 2017.
—Mark Faithfull, Forbes.com, 11 July 2025
Other recent takeovers have included Blue Bunny ice cream parent Wells Enterprises and the U.S. confectionery business of Nestlé.
—Chris Morris, Fortune, 10 July 2025
And later, explore the winding streets of Azabu Juban, a well-heeled, mostly residential neighborhood, pausing for local confectioneries while catching a glimpse of everyday life in Tokyo.
—John Wogan, New York Times, 1 May 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 3 Aug. 2025.
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