candies 1 of 2

present tense third-person singular of candy
as in sweetens
to make more desirable the publisher hopes the flashy cover will candy up the novel for impulse buyers

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candies

2 of 2

noun

plural of candy

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Verb
  • The rye component adds a bit of peppery, spicy snap, while the bourbon proportion smooths and sweetens the overall whiskey.
    Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 23 May 2026
  • The grapes will still get the sugar that sweetens them from the surrounding leaves.
    Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 18 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The bakery case is filled with sweets including Sweet Corn Cake, Strawberry Cream Choux and Tiramisu Cake.
    Linda Zavoral, Mercury News, 28 June 2026
  • Kanaal is king for indulging elevenses hunger pangs, providing cakes, cookies, tea, coffee, and made-to-order traditional Dutch sweets including stroopwafles and puffertjes.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 June 2026
Verb
  • Cthulhu, who tricks the Minions into releasing his friends from purgatory.
    Damon Wise, Deadline, 29 June 2026
  • Removing fading flowers and their seed pods tricks the plant to redirect its energy from producing seeds to producing more scapes and flower buds, as well as putting energy into root development and storing energy for the next growing season.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 3 June 2026
Noun
  • Patrons can opt for either the chef’s tasting menu or the four-course menu, both of which include seafood, wagyu, and delectable desserts.
    Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 30 June 2026
  • For every Founding Father looking to free the colonies from British tyranny, there was a Larry (often called Lawrence here) who suggests that sharing desserts and umbrellas should be prohibited by the Declaration of Independence.
    Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 27 June 2026
Verb
  • Sharper battlefield awareness Teledyne FLIR said the software enhances image quality using computational imaging techniques such as turbulence mitigation, dehazing, and super-resolution.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 2 July 2026
  • The workflow also has extensibility to a variety of other agentic use cases, including the company’s Chat Concierge tool which enhances the customer experience for car buyers and dealers.
    Forbes.com, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
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“Candies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/candies. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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