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Recent Examples of goody
Those who are merely passing through can pick up cheese, baked goods, gourmet chocolates, and other local goodies at The Corner Store.
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Lydia Mansel, Southern Living, 10 Sep. 2025
The first 40 shoppers get a swag bag with goodies.
—Cathy Kozlowicz, jsonline.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Other things to love about treating yourself to beauty goodies at Nordstrom?
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 8 Sep. 2025
By contrast, Jeffrey goes out of his way to help the employees, breaking into Mitch’s computer to change their timesheets and stealing a trash bag full of goodies to donate to the toy drive at Leigh’s church.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 7 Sep. 2025
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Lydia Mansel, Southern Living, 10 Sep. 2025
The first 40 shoppers get a swag bag with goodies.
—Cathy Kozlowicz, jsonline.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Other things to love about treating yourself to beauty goodies at Nordstrom?
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 8 Sep. 2025
By contrast, Jeffrey goes out of his way to help the employees, breaking into Mitch’s computer to change their timesheets and stealing a trash bag full of goodies to donate to the toy drive at Leigh’s church.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 7 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for goody
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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The free festival will include farm-stand produce, cider treats, local artisans and live music.—
Michele Herrmann,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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Farther along, candies are packed into boxes by hand, readying them to join the roughly 3 million treats Rebecca Ruth sells each year.—
Robin Roenker,
Southern Living,
13 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
Noun
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The slap bet between Marshall and Barney remained one of the longest-running — and fan-favorite — bits throughout the entirety of the series.—
Francesca Gariano,
PEOPLE,
19 Sep. 2025
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For weeks, with every new bit of evidence that corporations were failing at AI adoption, fears of an AI bubble have intensified, fueled by the realization of just how topheavy the S&P 500 has grown, along with warnings from top industry leaders.—
Lily Mae Lazarus,
Fortune,
19 Sep. 2025
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“Goody.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/goody. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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