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Recent Examples of dessert
The funnel cake itself tasted like any regular funnel cake, but the chocolate drizzle and dollop of German chocolate cake frosting, which features sweetened shredded coconut and chopped pecans, is what made the whole dessert.
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Kaycee Sloan, Cincinnati Enquirer, 18 Sep. 2025
With service underway, Denise swings by the kitchen to check on dessert, which looks incredible.
—Sara Netzley, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Sep. 2025
With only 15 minutes of prep time, this will quickly become your go-to fall dessert.
—Melinda Salchert, Southern Living, 10 Sep. 2025
By scooping her chocolate cake into dessert glasses and topping it with icing and strawberries, Gaines tapped into this centuries-old dessert tradition.
—Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Sep. 2025
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Kaycee Sloan, Cincinnati Enquirer, 18 Sep. 2025
With service underway, Denise swings by the kitchen to check on dessert, which looks incredible.
—Sara Netzley, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Sep. 2025
With only 15 minutes of prep time, this will quickly become your go-to fall dessert.
—Melinda Salchert, Southern Living, 10 Sep. 2025
By scooping her chocolate cake into dessert glasses and topping it with icing and strawberries, Gaines tapped into this centuries-old dessert tradition.
—Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dessert
Noun
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Mexican flags and candy adorned the Copley Plaza in front of The Old Globe on Saturday as a crowd joined dignitaries in celebrating the 215th Mexican Independence Day.—
Jemma Stephenson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 Sep. 2025
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While in Sevierville, stop by the Apple Barn Cider Mill & General Store, with two restaurants, a winery, cider house, creamery, bakery, candy factory, candle shop and a working orchard.—
Michele Herrmann,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Jordan noted that some of Hershey's market share losses over the past year have been recovering, seeing improvement in the seasonal, sweets and mints categories.—
Sean Conlon,
CNBC,
16 Sep. 2025
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Eulalia resumes selling sweets outside prison, and Bedoya maintains influence even from incarceration.—
Isabella Wandermurem,
Time,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Dessert.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dessert. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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