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The chocolate croissant — buttery, layered and ever so slightly salty pastry with a single slim bar of dark chocolate at its center — is the most common example of the pairing.—Carolynn Carreño, Los Angeles Times, 27 Apr. 2025 Thoughts of buttery croissants, macarons and tea filled my head.—Yvette Walker, Kansas City Star, 8 Apr. 2025 Online, panels of fashion world denizens choose their favorite It bags, which turn out to be delightfully quirky and under the radar: an L.L. Bean suede tote, say, or a tiny Balenciaga shaped like a croissant.—Marisa Meltzer, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025 Tradesman Coffee Shop & Lounge serves up an array of delectable treats, including an eye-catching croissant that is an art form in its own right.—Emma Kershaw, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for croissant
Word History
Etymology
French, literally, crescent, from Middle French, from present participle of croistre to grow, from Latin crescere — more at crescent
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