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candy

[kan-dee] / ˈkæn di /


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I was sitting in a packed cruise-ship theater in Grinch pajamas and matching headband, fuzzy red slippers and candy cane earrings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026

And so I think that what I do in my comedy is I always like to put medicine in the candy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026

And while it’s good to replace that metaphorical candy with something healthier, we cannot flog ourselves into not needing something sweet to survive the bitter world we live in.

From Slate ● Nov. 1, 2026

It’s a cheap indulgence, but what Halloween candy isn’t?

From Salon ● Oct. 31, 2026

This was the first time that Grandpa had ever told me to help myself to the candy.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

So a big bag of mini candies may only satisfy 30 kids, by her reasoning.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026

Hershey has faced similar litigation over other seasonal Reese’s candies, including ghost-shaped chocolates without depicted facial features and football-shaped candies that lacked the laces shown on their packaging.

From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026

Six people reveal what’s in their compact bags of calming tools, including fidget toys, sour candies and a rosary.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026

"I don't know how long we will be like this," said Stefani Garate, 26, who used to sell coconut candies on the beach.

From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026

“Have you eaten all of these candies on the wall, Sue-ellen?”

From "The Stars Beneath Our Feet" by David Barclay Moore

I studied the pastries while pretending not to listen: tea-infused buns knotted with candied citrus, laminated pastry layered with spiced cream cheese, craggy oat muffins dotted with boysenberry preserves.

From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026

Cake fillings of almond crunch and toasted pecan praline and candied lemon, while jackfruit and palm sugar bring distinct South-East Asian flavours.

From BBC ● Mar. 28, 2026

There’s the Ukrainian poppy seed cake makivnyk, the Middle Eastern hot chocolate sahlep, the Spanish nougat turrón and the Chinese candied fruit tanghulu, among others.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 16, 2025

It’s garnished with berries and candied rosemary and ginger.

From Salon ● Dec. 15, 2025

SanJuanna was arranging crustless finger sandwiches and candied flowers on an enormous silver tray.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly

Some confectioners infuse their candying syrup with botanicals, like bay leaves, rosemary or peppercorns, for added intrigue.

From Salon ● Dec. 6, 2023

It’s subtle but transformative to know what sugar feels like in your fingers at different stages of candying.

From New York Times ● Dec. 1, 2017

If left for a few weeks longer on the trees, they expand, and become what are termed "mother cloves," fit only for seed or for candying.

From The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. by P. L. Simmonds

For people had to provide for winter, and there was much pickling and preserving and candying of fruits, and storing commoner things so that they would keep well.

From A Little Girl in Old Philadelphia by Amanda Minnie Douglas

The skins can be kept in good condition for a long time in salt water, which makes it possible to wait until a large supply is on hand before candying them.

From Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Household Science in Rural Schools by Ontario. Ministry of Education


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