as in treats
something that is pleasing to eat because it is rare or a luxury
a gourmet shop filled with delectables for every palate, albeit not for every pocketbook
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Noun
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These sweet treats, stuffed with homegrown fruit fillings, typically sell out by the afternoon.—
Stephanie Vermillion,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Oct. 2025 -
Hershey’s Chocolate World also adds a layer of fall fun with trick-or-treating throughout the world’s largest candy store, character meet-and-greets, and new treats to try.—
Beth Luberecki,
USA Today,
4 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Other delicacies included falafel, gyros, spanakopita, hummus and desserts like baklava and butter cookies.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
5 Oct. 2025
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At a banquet on select delicacies of Anhui cuisine—renowned for the unique flavors of its wild local ingredients—Qin Junfeng, director-general of the Anhui Foreign Affairs Office, rattled off the latest impressive digital development statistics to a couple of dozen guests around the giant table.—
Matthew Tostevin,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In the meantime, accept favors, goodies and offers of help from others.—
Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
30 Sep. 2025
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Play on the haunted playground, and grab goodies from the Trick or Treat Zone.—
Caroline Ritzie,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
28 Sep. 2025
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“Delectables.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/delectables. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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