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dessert

noun

Definition of dessert

as in candy

sweet food eaten after the main part of a meal She doesn't care for rich desserts. a chocolate dessert

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Recent Examples of dessert Besides outside food vendors, 12 brick-and-mortar businesses served breakfast, lunch, dinner, beverages, and desserts. — Karie Angell Luc, Chicago Tribune, 28 Sep. 2026 From classic rings to elaborate creations, here are five doughnut shops around metro Atlanta giving us an excuse to have dessert disguised as breakfast. — Lia Picard, AJC.com, 27 Sep. 2026 Several parody videos of people shoveling dessert into their mouths also circulated on social media. — Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 25 Sep. 2026 Victoria’s Secret Angels ate crispy rice tuna and cracked open layered chocolate-and-ice-cream desserts. — Clara Molot, Vanity Fair, 24 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for dessert

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Monster Mash also introduces the Luck-O-Lantern, which unlocks rewards when filled with enough candy, and a dice duel with friends where each roll reveals a trick or a treat.

— Mya Copeland, Variety, 25 Sep. 2026
The victim also allegedly told a DOC lieutenant that Cruz would give her candy and that the two began flirting with each other in February 2025.

— Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 24 Sep. 2026

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Limitless breakfasts are a revelation of truly perfect pastries alongside bowls of heritage Indonesian recipes, decadent sweets, and equally decadent Western-style dishes including a Jimbaran Bay rock lobster omelette served with bisque.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Oct. 2026
On the sundeck, for example, candy floats in the resin bar top and Murano glass sweets sit on the front of the hot tub.

— Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 23 Sep. 2026

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