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 Two innings later, Marlins guest relations walked over and gave the family a goodie bag with a Eury Perez bobblehead, team T-shirt, a baseball for Lincoln and his sister, and a birthday pin for Lincoln. Alex Krutchik, Miami Herald, 6 Sep. 2025 But all these goodies will come at a cost. Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2025 Jere accepts the goodies without thanks. Claire Franken, TVLine, 3 Sep. 2025 Rare film footage, costumes, shoes, props, papers and other Joffrey goodies are making their way across the country for a three-month stay, marking the company’s 70th anniversary and 30th year in its adopted home. Lauren Warnecke, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for goody
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Noun
  • Last week, Nestlé, the $244 billion food conglomerate behind some of the world’s most beloved candy and coffee brands, announced that its CEO, Laurent Freixe, had been dismissed for violating the company code of conduct after just one year on the job.
    Lila MacLellan, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2025
  • So, this was like being a kid in a candy shop to get to see all this stuff.
    Glenn Garner, Deadline, 7 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Here’s how to clean a couch, spot-treat stains, and protect your sofa from future damage.
    Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Costumed performers and children with baskets of treats paraded through the community, drawing cheers from families lining the sidewalks.
    Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 7 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Try to save room for dessert and pop in the backyard to Koko Kakigori, a small shop serving shave ice and sweets, like mango and sticky rice donuts.
    Jacqueline Dole, Travel + Leisure, 8 Sep. 2025
  • On a recent Tuesday afternoon, the brothers, wearing matching cherry-red-and-lime-green eyeglasses, browsed the pick-and-mix bins at Kändi, a Swedish-style sweets shop in Los Angeles.
    Hannah Goldfield, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Subtle bits of faux wheat give it additional texture, and there’s an attached loop in the back for easy hanging.
    Shea Simmons, Southern Living, 5 Sep. 2025
  • There’s trouble in paradise in this surprisingly profound soccer comedy, which takes an episode from 2002 that passed most of the world by but left the Republic of Ireland in bits, so much so that it was even compared (elsewhere, obviously) to the death of Princess Diana.
    Damon Wise, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2025

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“Goody.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/goody. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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