confection

Example Sentences

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For example, Mr. Mansfield dismisses the idea of a Judeo-Christian tradition as a Hegelian confection.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

It’s a bright and shiny synthpop confection with a steady 4/4 house beat.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 30, 2025

I carry these treasures home each year in a frozen plastic tub tucked in my carry-on, feeling their weight as more than confection.

From Salon • Dec. 24, 2024

Almost everything we associate him with—the North Pole, the sled, the reindeer—is a 19th-century confection laid on top of a much older and sterner figure.

From Slate • Dec. 15, 2024

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

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed