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as in confections
a food having a high sugar content
remember to brush your teeth after eating sweets
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as in sweethearts
a person with whom one is in love
my darling, my sweet, won't you be mine?
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Recent Examples of sweets
Also, preorder order appetizers, prepared sides, and sweets.
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Gege Reed, Louisville Courier Journal, 4 Nov. 2025
More surprisingly, many report food cravings—especially for salty foods, sweets, and chocolate.
—Angela Haupt, Time, 4 Nov. 2025
Next up, Leggett filled the baskets with organic snacks and dye-free sweets, including Yum Earth lollipops and Annie’s gummy bats.
—Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2025
Style it on your mantel, in the kitchen with Christmas sweets, or on your coffee table to decorate your living room with a fun surprise with your morning cup of Joe.
—Caley Sturgill, Southern Living, 3 Nov. 2025
Our favorite advent calendars include classics with chocolate and sweets, gourmet options to elevate your holiday season, fun beauty gifts, and luxury self-care products that are sure to impress.
—Molly Blanco, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Nov. 2025
The Stein Erikson Lodge has beautiful suites and gourmet sweets, including chocolate bonbons.
—AFAR Media, 30 Oct. 2025
But data shows which sweets are the most popular this time of year.
—Cody Godwin, USA Today, 27 Oct. 2025
Chocolate is different from other sweets, imbued with properties that reach beyond the palate.
—Aleksandra Crapanzano, The Atlantic, 27 Oct. 2025
Gege Reed, Louisville Courier Journal, 4 Nov. 2025
More surprisingly, many report food cravings—especially for salty foods, sweets, and chocolate.
—Angela Haupt, Time, 4 Nov. 2025
Next up, Leggett filled the baskets with organic snacks and dye-free sweets, including Yum Earth lollipops and Annie’s gummy bats.
—Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2025
Style it on your mantel, in the kitchen with Christmas sweets, or on your coffee table to decorate your living room with a fun surprise with your morning cup of Joe.
—Caley Sturgill, Southern Living, 3 Nov. 2025
Our favorite advent calendars include classics with chocolate and sweets, gourmet options to elevate your holiday season, fun beauty gifts, and luxury self-care products that are sure to impress.
—Molly Blanco, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Nov. 2025
The Stein Erikson Lodge has beautiful suites and gourmet sweets, including chocolate bonbons.
—AFAR Media, 30 Oct. 2025
But data shows which sweets are the most popular this time of year.
—Cody Godwin, USA Today, 27 Oct. 2025
Chocolate is different from other sweets, imbued with properties that reach beyond the palate.
—Aleksandra Crapanzano, The Atlantic, 27 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sweets
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Moving from Chicago blues to Phil Spector’s early-1960s confections to the British Invasion, the birth of punk, metal, grunge, and hip-hop, the book tracks the seven-decade story of rock and roll as if drummers were the main characters.—
John Lingan,
Rolling Stone,
8 Nov. 2025
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Though you wouldn’t be served only confections at Nicōsi.—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
29 Oct. 2025
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The high school sweethearts grew into a family of three over the years that includes their three children—Cordé, Cordell, and Cori Broadus.—
Essence,
Essence,
4 Nov. 2025
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The influencer, 26, graduated from nursing school in August 2024, and soon after, the high school sweethearts bought a house in Michigan, ending the long-distance aspect of their relationship, Adams tells PEOPLE exclusively.—
Meredith Wilshere,
PEOPLE,
2 Nov. 2025
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Kill your darlings, the advice for writers, takes on a whole new meaning here.—
Bill Goodykoontz,
AZCentral.com,
30 Oct. 2025
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The Seminoles were 13-0, playoff darlings, swagger restored, the logo gleaming again like a championship promise.—
D’Joumbarey Moreau,
Miami Herald,
23 Oct. 2025
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Stewart co-developed seven desserts, each inspired by recipes from her 1982 cookbook Entertaining.—
Sabrina Weiss,
PEOPLE,
6 Nov. 2025
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What desserts use pumpkin spice?—
Hannah Yasharoff,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
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At the core, his characters are all sweeties.—
Rima Parikh,
Vulture,
5 Oct. 2025
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The whole team of professional athletes dressed up in costumes far from their red-and-blue NFL uniforms, with many players coordinating with their wives, girlfriends and fiancés, and Bush brought PEOPLE along for the entire wild ride with an exclusive photo diary from the event.—
Zoey Lyttle,
PEOPLE,
31 Oct. 2025
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One of the women, one of his first girlfriends, was very scared [to be part of the series].—
Addie Morfoot,
Variety,
31 Oct. 2025
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“Sweets.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sweets. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.
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