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Recent Examples of dessert
The dessert hasn’t been on regular menus in more than three decades, Tanasia reports.
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Charlotte Observer, 18 June 2026
For dessert, Ladeira dug deep into his Portuguese roots, fusing two traditional desserts into one.
—Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 17 June 2026
One Facebook post said the cake came from Maison Pickle, a restaurant in the Upper West Side of New York, that makes the 24-layer specialty dessert.
—Britta Miller, The Washington Examiner, 17 June 2026
The launch marks David’s first expansion into frozen dessert and continues the brand’s broader mission to rethink familiar foods through a protein-first lens.
—Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 17 June 2026
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Charlotte Observer, 18 June 2026
For dessert, Ladeira dug deep into his Portuguese roots, fusing two traditional desserts into one.
—Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 17 June 2026
One Facebook post said the cake came from Maison Pickle, a restaurant in the Upper West Side of New York, that makes the 24-layer specialty dessert.
—Britta Miller, The Washington Examiner, 17 June 2026
The launch marks David’s first expansion into frozen dessert and continues the brand’s broader mission to rethink familiar foods through a protein-first lens.
—Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 17 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dessert
Noun
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And of course Madison Avenue jumped in, selling bicentennial cereal, candy, beer and soda.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
13 June 2026
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The Grimm Brothers fairy tale follows a pair of famished siblings who get lost in the woods and entrapped by a child-eating witch, after stumbling upon her cottage made of candy.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
13 June 2026
Noun
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The breakfast buffet’s extensive sweets, candy, and chocolate fountain section is just one clear indication of that.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
17 June 2026
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Ingvar hopes that by then 150 million people a month will still be coming to a game based on matching three or more sweets in a row.—
Kamal Ahmed,
Fortune,
15 June 2026
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“Dessert.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dessert. Accessed 22 Jun. 2026.
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