goody

variants or goodie
as in candy
something that is pleasing to eat because it is rare or a luxury couldn't wait to sample the bonbons, tortes, and other goodies

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Recent Examples of goody Those who are merely passing through can pick up cheese, baked goods, gourmet chocolates, and other local goodies at The Corner Store. Lydia Mansel, Southern Living, 10 Sep. 2025 The first 40 shoppers get a swag bag with goodies. Cathy Kozlowicz, jsonline.com, 8 Sep. 2025 Other things to love about treating yourself to beauty goodies at Nordstrom? Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 8 Sep. 2025 By contrast, Jeffrey goes out of his way to help the employees, breaking into Mitch’s computer to change their timesheets and stealing a trash bag full of goodies to donate to the toy drive at Leigh’s church. Peter Debruge, Variety, 7 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for goody
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Noun
  • Mexican flags and candy adorned the Copley Plaza in front of The Old Globe on Saturday as a crowd joined dignitaries in celebrating the 215th Mexican Independence Day.
    Jemma Stephenson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Sep. 2025
  • While in Sevierville, stop by the Apple Barn Cider Mill & General Store, with two restaurants, a winery, cider house, creamery, bakery, candy factory, candle shop and a working orchard.
    Michele Herrmann, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The free festival will include farm-stand produce, cider treats, local artisans and live music.
    Michele Herrmann, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Farther along, candies are packed into boxes by hand, readying them to join the roughly 3 million treats Rebecca Ruth sells each year.
    Robin Roenker, Southern Living, 13 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Jordan noted that some of Hershey's market share losses over the past year have been recovering, seeing improvement in the seasonal, sweets and mints categories.
    Sean Conlon, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Eulalia resumes selling sweets outside prison, and Bedoya maintains influence even from incarceration.
    Isabella Wandermurem, Time, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • In the course of his 50-plus-year writing career, there's been a good bit of debate over Stephen King's ability to deliver a satisfying ending.
    Megan McCluskey, Time, 12 Sep. 2025
  • This evolved into a prototype chiefly engineered by Burrell Smith, selecting for its CPU the 8-bit Motorola 6809 as an upgrade from the Apple II's MOS 6502 but still keeping costs low.
    Cameron Kaiser, ArsTechnica, 12 Sep. 2025

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“Goody.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/goody. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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