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Recent Examples of fruitcake Someone made a fruitcake with marzipan icing. Caitlin Flanagan, The Atlantic, 9 Dec. 2024 In Ireland, when a woman makes a fruitcake, there’s no turning back. Caitlin Flanagan, The Atlantic, 9 Dec. 2024 Most fruitcakes are made with rum or brandy, which are both wonderful spirits for this old-fashioned dessert. Anna Theoktisto, Southern Living, 7 Dec. 2024 The bakery’s classic Christmas stollen—a traditional German fruitcake with marzipan and powdered sugar—is another crowd favorite. Taryn White, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for fruitcake
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fruitcake
Noun
  • Robert Redford delivers folksy wisdom as a local eccentric who once had his own dragon encounter, and even Karl Urban’s greedy logger is more of a nuisance than an outright villain.
    Josh Bell, Vulture, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Attracting talent for greater innovation hazards acquiring a few eccentrics whose gifts come wrapped in controversial packaging.
    Chip Bell, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Finger-pointing is done as the adults bicker over who’s really a psychopath.
    Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 4 Apr. 2025
  • On the madman’s tail is Elena (Giovanna Grigio), an ambitious young journalist who wants to make a name for herself in her boys-club newsroom by finding the psychopath before the cops do.
    Erik Piepenburg, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • David was always like, ‘But that’s the character, Jim.
    Janelle Ash, FOXNews.com, 21 Apr. 2025
  • The Times checked in with Macht a few weeks later over a video call to discuss the reprising of his character.
    Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Presidents fought an undeclared war against Afghanistan for two decades costing $2.3 trillion on a fool’s errand concluding in a defeat by the Taliban.
    Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 1 May 2025
  • The Lakers’ No. 1 defense over a 24-game stretch from mid-January through early March was fool’s gold, with Hayes’ play being the most unsustainable part.
    The Athletic NBA Staff, New York Times, 1 May 2025
Noun
  • That’s what Elliot (Rudd) and his daughter Ridley (Ortega) confront while on a journey to a retreat hosted by Elliot’s greedy crackpot boss (Grant).
    Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 21 Mar. 2025
  • With Mickey 17, Pattinson doubles down (literally) on the crackpot touches and gives Bong’s follow-up to Parasite a true sense of unpredictable, undeniable lunacy.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 8 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • And a perilous Purge situation flooding the streets with maniacs?
    Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 1 Apr. 2025
  • That joke might be fine if everyone in Smash were a maniac.
    Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 11 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Americans are advised to eat more fruits and vegetables, include a variety of protein sources—seafood, lean meats, poultry, eggs, legumes, soy products, and unsalted nuts/seeds—and opt for protein sources lower in solid fats and calories.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Apr. 2025
  • Botanically the fruit is a drupe, not a nut.
    Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 13 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Texturally, the series is best categorized as a psycho-thriller, but the design of the episodes is never redundant.
    WIRED, WIRED, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Another summer, another hook-wielding psycho killer — and maybe some familiar faces too.
    Jessica Wang, EW.com, 7 Feb. 2023

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“Fruitcake.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fruitcake. Accessed 5 May. 2025.

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