as in breeze
something easily done or dealt with
everyone thinks tonight's game will be a cream puff, and so it hasn't generated a lot of interest
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Recent Examples of cream puff
The offerings are all housemade: croissants, cookies, muffins, tarts, jams, cream puffs, pound cakes, cheesecakes, bread loafs.
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Gary Baum, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Aug. 2024
According to Evers' proclamation, it's estimated that 50 to 60 cream puffs are purchased each minute at the fair, bringing the total to 400,000 cream puffs consumed each year.
—Hope Karnopp, Journal Sentinel, 8 Aug. 2024
Pastries include classic eclair, cinnamon rolls, key lime cream puffs, and fruit tart.
—Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 6 Aug. 2024
Éclair and Artistic Gymnastics Similar to cream puffs, éclairs are based on choux pastry.
—Cece Pascual, Washington Post, 19 July 2024
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Gary Baum, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Aug. 2024
According to Evers' proclamation, it's estimated that 50 to 60 cream puffs are purchased each minute at the fair, bringing the total to 400,000 cream puffs consumed each year.
—Hope Karnopp, Journal Sentinel, 8 Aug. 2024
Pastries include classic eclair, cinnamon rolls, key lime cream puffs, and fruit tart.
—Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 6 Aug. 2024
Éclair and Artistic Gymnastics Similar to cream puffs, éclairs are based on choux pastry.
—Cece Pascual, Washington Post, 19 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cream puff
Noun
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But on this sunny day, the breeze felt as refreshing as the cold-water dip some dogs were gleefully taking.—
Kate Bradshaw,
The Mercury News,
3 Mar. 2025
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Getting there from Phuket International Airport (HKT) is a breeze.—
Jenn Rice,
Travel + Leisure,
2 Mar. 2025
Noun
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There’s also playgrounds, restroom facilities and picnic areas.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
7 Mar. 2025
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On the premiere, Richards had a family picnic and invited Mueller.—
Effie Orfanides,
Newsweek,
6 Mar. 2025
Noun
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For Marx, making the transition from actress to wife of a great movie star was duck soup.—
Donald Liebenson,
Washington Post,
21 July 2022
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By comparison, Adare's most recent renovation— completed this spring after two years of construction—was duck soup.—
Jo Rodgers,
Vogue,
4 Apr. 2018
Noun
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Who doesn’t dream of making beeswax candles, topping naked cakes with berries and writing on labels with picture-perfect penmanship?—
Matt Brennan,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Mar. 2025
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Insider tip Amy Taylor from the Landmark Trust says that no one should visit Wales without trying homemade local Welsh cakes, the currant-spiked riff on a scone that’s synonymous with the country.—
Mark Ellwood,
AFAR Media,
6 Mar. 2025
Noun
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At 21, Jovic, too, arguably remains part of the kid stuff, only at the end of last season having emerged as a rotation presence.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
28 Sep. 2024
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But that was kid stuff compared to the adult heartbreak of her stunning new album, The Tortured Poets Department.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
19 Apr. 2024
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My memoir was built of gaps, juxtaposition, weird little nothings.—
Cheri Lucas Rowlands,
Longreads,
16 Dec. 2024
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The one whose legs turned nothings into somethings, improvising the Lions’ entire defensive game plan into a pile of ash?—
Sean Keeler,
The Denver Post,
10 Feb. 2024
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“Cream puff.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cream%20puff. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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