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confection

[kuhn-fek-shuhn] / kənˈfɛk ʃən /
NOUN
sweet food
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“Whatever it is, it’s very healthy,” he says when I ask what sort of confection he chose.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

Available starting at 8 p.m., the menu begins with a pillowy confection that straddles the line between sweet and savory: a Japanese milk-bread sandwich layered with duck liver, raspberry, blackberry and whipped cream.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

Anna Wintour, the Global Editorial Director of Vogue magazine, wore a feathery custom Chanel confection to her signature event.

From BBC ● May 4, 2026

In sugar confection, products like gummy clusters have gained traction, while in salty snacks, better-for-you ingredients are fueling growth.

From Barron's ● Apr. 10, 2026

She made my favorite birthday cake ever, a green-frosted Tinker-bell confection for my fifth birthday.

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed

These airy confections are among the viral Swedish candies you may have seen on social media, perhaps mixed with others in a “candy salad.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

Sedaka himself became a star through such bright confections as “Calendar Girl,” “Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen” and “Breaking Up Is Hard to Do,” the 1962 chart-topper that became his signature song.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2026

As an executive at Hershey, it’s Rinaldi’s duty to know important dates years in advance to understand how it could affect the company’s ability to sell chocolates, sweets and sugary confections.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 7, 2026

The company initially began as a small family licorice business and has since branched out into several varieties of confections.

From Salon ● Oct. 15, 2024

In the autumn of 1971 a man used to come to our house, bearing confections in his pocket and hopes of ascertaining the life or death of his family.

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri


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